Description | Description: Rabbit IgG polyclonal antibody for Protein-lysine 6-oxidase(LOX) detection. Tested with WB, ELISA in Human;Mouse;Rat. Background: Lysyl oxidase (LOX), also known as protein-lysine 6-oxidase, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the LOX gene. The protein encoded by this gene is an extracellular copper enzyme that initiates the crosslinking of collagens and elastin. The enzyme catalyzes oxidative deamination of the epsilon-amino group in certain lysine and hydroxylysine residues of collagens and lysine residues of elastin. In addition to crosslinking extracellular matrix proteins, the encoded protein may have a role in tumor suppression. Defects in this gene are a cause of autosomal recessive cutis laxa type I (CL type I). |
Product Specific References | 1. Hamalainen, E.-R., Jones, T. A., Sheer, D., Taskinen, K., Pihlajaniemi, T., Kivirikko, K. I. Molecular cloning of human lysyl oxidase and assignment of the gene to chromosome 5q23.3-31.2. Genomics 11: 508-516, 1991. 2. Kuivaniemi, H., Savolainen, E.-R., Kivirikko, K. I. Human placental lysyl oxidase: purification, partial characterization, and preparation of two specific antisera to the enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 259: 6996-7002, 1984. 3. Li, W., Nellaiappan, K., Strassmaier, T., Graham, L., Thomas, K. M., Kagan, H. M. Localization and activity of lysyl oxidase within nuclei of fibrogenic cells. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 94: 12817-12822, 1997. |