Sav1 Antibody detects endogenous level of total Sav1 protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ala100 of human Sav1. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Sav1 (Salvador homolog 1) was first identified as a 45 kDa protein containing a pair of WW domains and a coiled-coil region. Originally named WW45, Sav1 is ubiquitously expressed in adult tissues but is also present during specific developmental periods. Sav1 acts a scaffold protein in a complex that includes the kinases MST2 and LATS1, and a YAP transcriptional co-activator (3). This group of proteins functions in the newly identified Hippo pathway, which regulates important developmental functions such as cell contact inhibition and organ size. Further evidence suggests a role in tumor suppression and cancer pathogenesis (4,5). The Hippo pathway requires Sav1 for activation of MST1 and the resulting activation of LATS1/2 (6). Embryonic mice lacking Sav1 display hyperplastic growth and epithelial differentiation defects, implying that Sav1 plays a prominent role epithelial cell differentiation (7).