Human MTLRP (GHRL) activation kit by CRISPRa

CAT#: GA109968

GHRL CRISPRa kit - CRISPR gene activation of human ghrelin and obestatin prepropeptide

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Specifications

Product Data

• Format: 3gRNAs, 1 scramble ctrl and 1 enhancer vector
• Symbol: GHRL
• Locus ID: 51738
• Kit Components:

  GA109968G1, GHRL gRNA vector 1 in pCas-Guide-CRISPRa

  GA109968G2, GHRL gRNA vector 2 in pCas-Guide-CRISPRa

  GA109968G3, GHRL 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_001134941, NM_001134944, NM_001134945, NM_001134946, NM_001302821, NM_001302822, NM_001302823, NM_001302824, NM_001302825, NM_016362, NR_024132, NR_024133, NR_024134, NR_024135, NR_024136, NR_024137, NR_024138, NR_126505
• Synonyms: MTLRP
• Summary: This gene encodes the ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein that is cleaved to yield two peptides, ghrelin and obestatin. Ghrelin is a powerful appetite stimulant and plays an important role in energy homeostasis. Its secretion is initiated when the stomach is empty, whereupon it binds to the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the hypothalamus which results in the secretion of growth hormone (somatotropin). Ghrelin is thought to regulate multiple activities, including hunger, reward perception via the mesolimbic pathway, gastric acid secretion, gastrointestinal motility, and pancreatic glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. It was initially proposed that obestatin plays an opposing role to ghrelin by promoting satiety and thus decreasing food intake, but this action is still debated. Recent reports suggest multiple metabolic roles for obestatin, including regulating adipocyte function and glucose metabolism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. In addition, antisense transcripts for this gene have been identified and may potentially regulate ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein expression. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014]