APBA2 Antibody

APBA2 (Adaptor protein X11 beta, also Mint2 and X11L) is a cytosolic member of the X11 family of adaptor proteins. Although its predicted MW is 83 kDa, it runs anomalously at 130-135 kDa in SDS-PAGE. APBA2 is expressed in neurons, and appears to play a role in A beta formation from APP. Normally, APBA2 associates with the cytoplasmic domain of transmembrane APP. This precludes its entry into lipid rafts, where it begins formation of A beta following cleaved by BACE. Human APBA2 is 749 amino acids (aa ) in length. It contains one phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain (aa 366-533) plus two PDZ domains (aa 568-734). Over aa 221-250, there is an APP interaction site that contains a key phosphorylation site at Ser238. There are two potential splice forms, one that shows a deletion of aa 406-417, and a second that contains a 44 aa substitution for aa 170-214. Over aa 1-165, human APBA2 shares 85% aa identity with mouse APBA2.