Brain and Acute Leukemia, Cytoplamatic

BAALC gene is found in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and is conserved among mammals and is not found in lower organisms. Tissues which express BAALC develop from the neuroectoderm. BAALC is located both in the membrane and in the cytoplasma, it exists as multiple alternatively spliced isoform. BAALC is expressed by hematopoetic and neural cells, BAALC interacts with CaMKII? and is involved in synaptic function at postsynaptic lipid rafts. Overexpression of BAALC concomitant forecast adverse clinical outcome and defines a significant risk factor in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

BAALC Human Recombinant produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 165 amino acids (1-145 a.a.) and having a molecular mass of 17.7 kDa. The BAALC protein is fused to a 20 amino acid His Tag at N-terminus and purified by standard chromatogrpahy techniques.