Enolase-2 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total enolase-2 protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the sequence of human enolase-2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Enolase is a glycolytic enzyme that is involved in the conversion of 2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate (1). Mammalian enolase has three subunits: α, β, and γ, that can form homo and heterodimers. Homodimers of γ enolase are neuronal-specific (2). Clinical studies have shown elevated levels of neuro-specific enolase-2 in neuroblastoma (2) and small-cell lung cancer (3,4). Hence, enolase-2 is widely used as a diagnostic marker in a variety of clinical assays (3,4).