NOD1 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a member of the NOD (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain) family. This member is a cytosolic protein. It contains an N-terminal caspase recruitment domain (CARD), a centrally located nucleotide-binding domain (NBD), and 10 tandem leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) in its C terminus. The CARD is involved in apoptotic signaling, LRRs participate in protein-protein interactions, and mutations in the NBD may affect the process of oligomerization and subsequent function of the LRR domain. This protein is an intracellular pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) that initiates inflammation in response to a subset of bacteria through the detection of bacterial diaminopimelic acid. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants differring in the 5' UTR have been described, but the full-length nature of these variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

NOD1: Enhances caspase-9-mediated apoptosis. Induces NF-kappa- B activity via RIPK2 and IKK-gamma. Confers responsiveness to intracellular bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Forms an intracellular sensing system along with ARHGEF2 for the detection of microbial effectors during cell invasion by pathogens. Required for RHOA and RIPK2 dependent NF-kappa-B signaling pathways activation upon S.flexneri cell invasion. Involved not only in sensing peptidoglycan (PGN)-derived muropeptides but also in the activation of NF-kappa-B by Shigella effector proteins IpgB2 and OspB. Homodimer. Self-associates. Binds to caspase-9 and RIPK2 by CARD-CARD interaction. Interacts with ARHGEF2. Highly expressed in adult heart, skeletal muscle, pancreas, spleen and ovary. Also detected in placenta, lung, liver, kidney, thymus, testis, small intestine and colon.

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 7p14.3

Cellular Component: basolateral plasma membrane; apical plasma membrane; cytoplasm; cytosol

Molecular Function: identical protein binding; protein binding; peptidoglycan binding; protein homodimerization activity; CARD domain binding; caspase activator activity; ATP binding

Biological Process: detection of bacterium; activation of MAPK activity; apoptosis; positive regulation of dendritic cell antigen processing and presentation; stress-activated MAPK cascade; positive regulation of caspase activity; positive regulation of JNK cascade; defense response; toll-like receptor 3 signaling pathway; signal transduction; toll-like receptor 10 signaling pathway; activation of NF-kappaB transcription factor; toll-like receptor 5 signaling pathway; interleukin-8 biosynthetic process; JNK cascade; inflammatory response; detection of biotic stimulus; toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway; caspase activation; positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade; MyD88-independent toll-like receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of interleukin-6 production; positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor production; protein oligomerization; toll-like receptor 2 signaling pathway; MyD88-dependent toll-like receptor signaling pathway; defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; defense response to bacterium; toll-like receptor signaling pathway; innate immune response; toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathway