Tug Antibody detects endogenous levels of total Tug protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids around residue Val542 of human Tug. Antibodies are purified by Protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Tug (Tether containing UBX domain for GLUT4), also known as ASPL, ASPSCR1, RCC17, UBXD9, UBXN9, was first identified as a chromosomal translocation partner for TFE3 in patients with Alveolar soft part sarcoma (1) and contains an UBX-like domain in its C-terminal region. Tug is found to tether GLUT4 in intracellular vesicles and to release GLUT4 for cell surface translocation upon insulin stimulation (2). Stable Tug depletion or expression of a dominant negative form stimulates GLUT4 redistribution (3).