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SAB2105544

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Anti-SLC2A8 antibody produced in rabbit

affinity isolated antibody

Synonym(s):

Anti-GLUT8, Anti-GLUTX1

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UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

100

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

form

buffered aqueous solution

mol wt

51 kDa

species reactivity

rabbit, human

concentration

0.5 mg - 1 mg/mL

technique(s)

western blot: suitable

NCBI accession no.

NM_014580

UniProt accession no.

Q9NY64

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... SLC2A8(29988)

General description

Solute carrier family 2 member 8 (SLC2A8)/Glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8), a class III sugar transporter, is expressed in the testis and brain. In the brain, GLUT8 is expressed mainly in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus.

Immunogen

Synthetic peptide directed towards the middle region of human SLC2A8

Biochem/physiol Actions

Solute carrier family 2 member 8 (SLC2A8)/glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8) plays a key role in modulating the transport of fructose and the utilization of mammalian fructose. It is a trehalose transporter found in mammals that is necessary for trehalose-induced autophagy. SLC2A8 can also transport intracellular hexose. Hence, it might serve as a multifunctional sugar transporter.

Sequence

Synthetic peptide located within the following region: VLSGVVMVFSTSAFGAYFKLTQGGPGNSSHVAISAPVSAQPVDASVGLAW

Physical form

Purified antibody supplied in 1x PBS buffer with 0.09% (w/v) sodium azide and 2% sucrose.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Masato Mashima et al.
Neuroscience letters, 636, 90-94 (2016-11-08)
Glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8), a glucose/fructose transporter, has been shown to be expressed in neuronal cells in several brain areas. A recent immunohistochemical study has shown the presence of GLUT8 in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the choroid plexus
Stefan Schmidt et al.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 296(4), E614-E618 (2009-01-30)
GLUT8 is a class III sugar transporter predominantly expressed in testis and brain. In contrast to the class I and class II transporters, hydrophobicity plots predict a short extracellular loop between transmembrane domain (TM)1 and TM2 and a long extracellular
Allyson L Mayer et al.
Scientific reports, 6, 38586-38586 (2016-12-07)
Trehalose is a disaccharide demonstrated to mitigate disease burden in multiple murine neurodegenerative models. We recently revealed that trehalose rapidly induces hepatic autophagy and abrogates hepatic steatosis by inhibiting hexose transport via the SLC2A family of facilitative transporters. Prior studies

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