RABBIT ANTI RPL7

Rabbit anti Human RPL7 antibody recognizes the 60S ribosomal protein L7.

Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. Encoded by the RPL7 gene, 60S ribosomal protein L7 is a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 60S subunit. This protein belongs to the L30P family of ribosomal proteins. It contains an N-terminal basic region-leucine zipper (BZIP)-like domain and the RNP consensus submotif RNP2. In vitro the BZIP-like domain mediates homodimerization and stable binding to DNA and RNA, with a preference for 28S rRNA and mRNA. The protein can inhibit cell-free translation of mRNAs, suggesting that it plays a regulatory role in the translation apparatus. It is located in the cytoplasm. The protein has been shown to be an autoantigen in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of RPL7 dispersed through the genome (provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008).

Rabbit anti RPL7 antibody detects a band of 29 kDa. The antibody has been extensively validated for western blotting using whole cell lysates.