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GENE AND PROTEIN SUMMARY

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Gene name

GSS

Description

glutathione synthetase

Protein class

Enzymes, Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT, Plasma proteins

Protein evidence

High

Entrez gene summary

Glutathione is important for a variety of biological functions, including protection of cells from oxidative damage by free radicals, detoxification of xenobiotics, and membrane transport. The protein encoded by this gene functions as a homodimer to catalyze the second step of glutathione biosynthesis, which is the ATP-dependent conversion of gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine to glutathione. Defects in this gene are a cause of glutathione synthetase deficiency. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

External links

Ensembl, UniProt, Entrez gene, neXtProt, Antibodypedia

No of splice variants

3 in total
0 with predicted TM region
0 with predicted signal peptide

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION SUMMARY

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Pending subcellular analysis

NORMAL TISSUE & ORGAN SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Most normal tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear positivity. Soft tissues, pneumocytes, skeletal muscles and smooth muscle cells were generally negative.

Tissue specificity

Staining in 55 out of 75 cell types

Reliability (Single)

Antibodies in assay

HPA054508
 

Organ

No of cell types

Antibody staining

CNS (brain) 11
Hematopoietic (blood) 8
Liver and pancreas 5
Digestive (GI-tract) 13
Respiratory (lung) 3
Cardiovascular 1
Female tissues 9
Placenta 1
Male tissues 4
Urinary tract (kidney) 3
Skin and soft tissues 14
Endocrine tissues 3

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CANCER TISSUE SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Antibody staining in 85% of the cancers

Antibodies in assay

HPA054508
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Breast cancer
 
Carcinoid
 
Cervical cancer
 
 
Colorectal cancer
 
 
Endometrial cancer
 
 
Glioma
 
Head and neck cancer
 
 
Liver cancer
 
 
Lung cancer
 
Lymphoma
 
 
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Melanoma
 
Ovarian cancer
 
Pancreatic cancer
 
Prostate cancer
 
Renal cancer
 
Skin cancer
 
Stomach cancer
 
 
Testis cancer
 
Thyroid cancer
 
Urothelial cancer
 

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CELL LINE SUMMARY

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RNA evidence

High
 

Cell line

Cell origin

RNA abundance

IH staining

IF intensity

HPA054508

 

A-431 Skin High

-

A-549 Lung High

-

CACO-2 Colon High

-

HEK 293 Embryonal kidney High

-

HeLa Cervix High

-

Hep-G2 Liver High

-

MCF-7 Pleural effusion High

-

PC-3 Bone marrow High

-

RT-4 Urinary bladder High

-

U-2 OS Bone High

-

U-251 MG Brain High

-

ANTIBODY SUMMARY

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Antibody

Clonality

Validation

HPA054508 pAb