SDS
Chicken Glucose regulated protein 78 ELISA kit
Catalog #: E12G0563
Sample Type: Biological samples

 

Other Names

HSPA5; BIP; GRP78; HEL-S-89n; MIF2; Binding immunoglobulin protein; heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5

Research Area

Tags & Cell Markers

Background

BiP is a HSP70 molecular chaperone located in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that binds newly synthesized proteins as they are translocated into the ER, and maintains them in a state competent for subsequent folding and oligomerization. BiP is also an essential component of the translocation machinery and plays a role in retrograde transport across the ER membrane of aberrant proteins destined for degradation by the proteasome. BiP is an abundant protein under all growth conditions, but its synthesis is markedly induced under conditions that lead to the accumulation of unfolded polypeptides in the ER.