Anti-DCT antibody produced in rabbit

DCT (dopachrome tautomerase) belongs to melanocyte/melanoma differentiation antigens (MDA) family. It is a melanoma associated antigen. It contains 519 amino acids and has five isoforms in humans, due to alternative splicing. It contains a putative transmembrane domain, encoded by exon 8, which is essential for its activity. TRP-LT and TRP-2-6b isoforms of DCT are localized to the membrane of melanosomes, and possess dopachrome tautomerase activity. TRP-2-INT2 isoform is a shorter protein with only 237 amino acids. TRP- 2-8b isoform does not contain the transmembrane domain, and hence is devoid of dopachrome tautomerase activity. This gene is located on human chromosome 13q32.

L-dopachrome tautomerase precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

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DCT (dopachrome tautomerase) acts as an antigen to cytotoxic T-cell responses, in melanoma. It also acts an antigen to cytotoxic T-cells in malignant glioma. Thus, it has potential as a target antigen for developing immunotherapies for glioma patients. Polymorphisms in this gene are linked to increased susceptibility to degenerative disc disease, in Chinese Han population. DCT is absent in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of vitiligo patients, but is present in low levels in healthy individuals. This lack of DCT in PBMC of vitiligo patients might be responsible for peripheral intolerance in vitiligo. It also prevents dopamine and hydroquinone-induced toxicity in human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells.

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• IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
• Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Corresponding Antigen APREST71671

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