nNOS Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the family of nitric oxide synthases, which synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine. Nitric oxide is a reactive free radical, which acts as a biologic mediator in several processes, including neurotransmission, and antimicrobial and antitumoral activities. In the brain and peripheral nervous system, nitric oxide displays many properties of a neurotransmitter, and has been implicated in neurotoxicity associated with stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, neural regulation of smooth muscle, including peristalsis, and penile erection. This protein is ubiquitously expressed, with high level of expression in skeletal muscle. Multiple transcript variants that differ in the 5' UTR have been described for this gene but the full-length nature of these transcripts is not known. Additionally, alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms (some testis-specific) have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

nNOS: nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal form. Produces nitric oxide which is a messenger molecule with diverse functions and displays many properties of a neurotransmitter in the brain and peripheral nervous system. May be an effector enzyme for the dystrophin complex. Four alternatively spliced isoforms have been described.

Protein type: EC 1.14.13.39; Amino Acid Metabolism - arginine and proline; Oxidoreductase

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 12q24.22

Cellular Component: cytoskeleton; protein complex; photoreceptor inner segment; sarcoplasmic reticulum; mitochondrion; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; cytoplasm; dendritic spine; synapse; cytosol; sarcolemma; lipid raft

Molecular Function: calmodulin binding; protein binding; sodium channel regulator activity; FAD binding; NADPH-hemoprotein reductase activity; nitric-oxide synthase activity; FMN binding; iron ion binding; heme binding; oxidoreductase activity; NADP binding; cadmium ion binding

Biological Process: interaction with host; negative regulation of serotonin uptake; negative regulation of calcium ion transport; striated muscle contraction; negative regulation of potassium ion transport; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; positive regulation of guanylate cyclase activity; regulation of sodium ion transport; positive regulation of vasodilation; response to heat; negative regulation of hydrolase activity; exogenous drug catabolic process; peptidyl-cysteine S-nitrosylation; response to hypoxia; arginine catabolic process; positive regulation of histone acetylation; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; negative regulation of blood pressure; blood coagulation; nitric oxide biosynthetic process; multicellular organismal response to stress; nitric oxide mediated signal transduction; myoblast fusion; neurotransmitter biosynthetic process

Disease: Pyloric Stenosis, Infantile Hypertrophic, 1