Mouse Azin2 activation kit by CRISPRa

CAT#: GA215070

Azin2 CRISPRa kit - CRISPR gene activation of mouse antizyme inhibitor 2

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Specifications

Product Data

• Format: 3 gRNAs (5ug each), 1 scramble ctrl (10ug) and 1 enhancer vector (10ug)
• Symbol: Azin2
• Locus ID: 242669
• Kit Components:

  GA215070G1, Azin2 gRNA vector 1 in pCas-Guide-GFP-CRISPRa

  GA215070G2, Azin2 gRNA vector 2 in pCas-Guide-GFP-CRISPRa

  GA215070G3, Azin2 gRNA vector 3 in pCas-Guide-GFP-CRISPRa

  1 CRISPRa-Enhancer vector, SKU GE100056

  1 CRISPRa scramble vector, SKU GE100077

• Disclaimer: These products are manufactured and supplied by OriGene under license from ERS. The kit is designed based on the best knowledge of CRISPRa SAM technology. The efficiency of the activation can be affected by many factors, including nucleosome occupancy status, chromatin structure and the gene expression level of the target, etc.

Reference Data

• RefSeq: NM_001301841, NM_172875
• UniProt ID: Q8BVM4
• Synonyms: 4933429I20Rik; Adc; Azi2; B930082O19; ODC-p; Odcp
• Summary: The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the antizyme inhibitor family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by maintaining polyamine homeostasis within the cell. Antizyme inhibitors are homologs of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis) that have lost the ability to decarboxylase ornithine; however, retain the ability to bind to antizymes. Antizymes negatively regulate intracellular polyamine levels by binding to ODC and targeting it for degradation, as well as by inhibiting polyamine uptake. Antizyme inhibitors function as positive regulators of polyamine levels by sequestering antizymes and neutralizing their effect. This gene encodes antizyme inhibitor 2, the second member of this gene family. Like antizyme inhibitor 1, antizyme inhibitor 2 interacts with all 3 antizymes and stimulates ODC activity and polyamine uptake. However, unlike antizyme inhibitor 1, which is ubiquitously expressed and localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm, antizyme inhibitor 2 is predominantly expressed in the brain and testis and localized in the endoplasmic reticulum-golgi intermediate compartment. Recent studies indicate that antizyme inhibitor 2 is also expressed in specific cell types in ovaries, adrenal glands and pancreas, and in mast cells. The exact function of this gene is not known, however, available data suggest its role in cell growth, spermiogenesis, vesicular trafficking and secretion. There has been confusion in literature and databases over the nomenclature of this gene, stemming from an earlier report that a human cDNA clone (identical to ODCp/AZIN2) had arginine decarboxylase (ADC) activity (PMID:14738999). Subsequent studies in human and mouse showed that antizyme inhibitor 2 was devoid of arginine decarboxylase activity (PMID:19956990). Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]