Human OAZ2 activation kit by CRISPRa

CAT#: GA103304

OAZ2 CRISPRa kit - CRISPR gene activation of human ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2

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Specifications

Product Data

• Format: 3gRNAs, 1 scramble ctrl and 1 enhancer vector
• Symbol: OAZ2
• Locus ID: 4947
• Kit Components:

  GA103304G1, OAZ2 gRNA vector 1 in pCas-Guide-CRISPRa

  GA103304G2, OAZ2 gRNA vector 2 in pCas-Guide-CRISPRa

  GA103304G3, OAZ2 gRNA vector 3 in pCas-Guide-CRISPRa

  1 CRISPRa-Enhancer vector, SKU GE100056

  1 CRISPRa scramble vector, SKU GE100058

• Disclaimer: The kit is designed based on the best knowledge of CRISPa SAM technology. The efficiency of the activation can be affected by many factors, including nucleosome occupancy status, chromatin structure and the gene expression level of the target, etc.

Reference Data

• RefSeq: NM_001301302, NM_002537
• Summary: The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by regulating intracellular polyamines. Expression of antizymes requires +1 ribosomal frameshifting, which is enhanced by high levels of polyamines. Antizymes in turn bind to and inhibit ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis; thus, completing the auto-regulatory circuit. This gene encodes antizyme 2, the second member of the antizyme family. Like antizyme 1, antizyme 2 has broad tissue distribution, inhibits ODC activity and polyamine uptake, and stimulates ODC degradation in vivo; however, it fails to promote ODC degradation in vitro. Antizyme 2 is expressed at lower levels than antizyme 1, but is evolutionary more conserved, suggesting it likely has an important biological role. Studies also show different subcellular localization of antizymes 1 and 2, indicating specific function for each antizyme in discrete compartments of the cell. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]