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Detects mature surfactant protein B (8kDa monomer and 16kDa Dimeric forms) and pro surfactant protein B (24kDa) in western blot.
Sequence homology: Cow: 86%; Dog: 100%; Guinea Pig: 100%; Human: 100%; Mouse: 92%; Rabbit: 85%; Rat: 100%; Sheep: 79%.
Pulmonary surfactant is a complex mixture of phospholipids and proteins that is secreted from type II cells in alveoli and reduces the surface tension at the alveolar air-liquid interface, providing alveolar stability necessary for normal ventilation. Four distinct proteins isolated from pulmonary surfactant are termed surfactant proteins A, B, C, and D. SP-A (28-36kDa) and SP-D (43kDa) are collagenous carbohydrate-binding proteins, whereas SP-B (8-9kDa) and SP-C (4kDa) are non-collagenous hydrophobic proteins. SP-B is expressed in pulmonary adenocarcinomas with acinar, papillary, bronchioloalveolar, and solid growth patterns. Squamous cell and large cell carcinomas of the lung and nonpulmonary adenocarcinomas do not express SP-B. ProSP-B is glycosylated in the Golgi apparatus and undergoes carboxy- and amino-terminal proteolysis by a cathepsin D-like protease.
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Protein Aliases: 18 kDa pulmonary-surfactant protein; 6 kDa protein; P SFTB3; Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B; Pulmonary surfactant-associated proteolipid SPL(Phe); SFPB; SP-B
Gene Aliases: PSP-B; SFTB3; SFTP3; SFTPB; SMDP1; SP-B
UniProt ID: (Human) P07988
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 6439
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