ENO1 Polyclonal Antibody, Invitrogen™

Description

• Enolase (2-phosphogly-cerate hydrolyase or phosphopyruvate hydrates) is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the dehydration and conversion of 2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate
• It comprises three distinct subunits, alpha, beta and gamma
• Non Neuronal Enolase(ENO1) is an isoform of mammalian enolase and is composed of 2 alpha subunits
• The gene for ENO1 also encodes a shorter monomeric structural lens protein, tau-crystallin
• Multifunctional enzyme that, as well as its role in glycolysis, plays a part in various processes such as growth control, hypoxia tolerance and allergic responses
• May also function in the intravascular and pericellular fibrinolytic system due to its ability to serve as a receptor and activator of plasminogen on the cell surface of several cell-types such as leukocytes and neurons
• Stimulates immunoglobulin production.Used as a diagnostic marker for many tumors and, in the heterodimeric form, alpha/gamma, as a marker for hypoxic brain injury after cardiac arrest
• Also marker for endometriosis
• Antibodies against alpha-enolase are present in sera from patients with cancer-associated retinopathy syndrome (CAR), a progressive blinding disease which occurs in the presence of systemic tumor growth, primarily small-cell carcinoma of the lung and other malignancies
• Is identified as an autoantigen in Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) a rare autoimmune disease associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT)
• HT is a disorder in which destructive processes overcome the potential capacity of thyroid replacement leading to hypothyroidism.