p62 (human) polyclonal antibody

P62, also known as Sequestosome I, is a 62kDa, 440 amino acid protein, initially identified as a ligand of the SH2 domain of p56lck, now known to be expressed in many tissues. In addition to TRAF6, PEST and zinc finger motifs, p62 has a C-terminal ubiquitin binding association (UBA) domain with an affinity for multi-ubiquitin chains, and it is considered to serve as a scaffold protein, capable of binding to multiple signalling molecules and uniting receptor-mediated signalling events with ubiquitinylation. Elevated levels of p62 have been reported in breast tumours and in alcoholic liver disease where p62 has been shown to be involved in the formation of Mallory bodies. Several mutations in the p62 UBA domain have been identified and the etiology of Paget’s disease of bone has been linked to one such mutation. Kuusisto and colleagues have demonstrated that p62 is also present in elevated levels in the hallmark inclusions found in various neurodegenerative conditions, including tauopathies (Alzheimer’s disease, Picks disease, and frontotemporal dementia) and synucleinopathies (Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy body disease and multiple system atrophy). In recent years ubiquitin immunostaining has been used to provide adjunct information for neuropathological diagnosis, but it is becoming evident that p62 may be an even more reliable marker of neurodegenerative disease inclusion detection than tau, alpha-synuclein or ubiquitin immunostaining.