| Tissue Specificity | Highly expressed in prostate (basal, secretory and neuroendocrine epithelium cells). Also found in bladder (transitional epithelium), placenta (trophoblasts), stomach (neuroendocrine cells), colon (neuroendocrine cells) and kidney (collecting ducts). Overexpressed in prostate cancers and expression is correlated with tumor stage, grade and androgen-independence. Highly expressed in prostate cancer bone metastases. Expressed in gastric epithelial cells, mainly in the isthmus (at protein level). Not detected in normal intestinal epithelium (at protein level). Expressed in brain cortex.expression is significantly increased in the front cortex of Alzheimer disease patients. |
| Post Translational Modifications | N-glycosylated. |
| Function | May be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. Has a cell-proliferation inhibition activity in vitro. May act as a modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) activity. In vitro inhibits nicotine-induced signaling probably implicating alpha-3:beta-2- or alpha-7-containing nAChRs. |
| Protein Name | Prostate Stem Cell Antigen |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-163125 |
| Cellular Localisation | Cell MembraneLipid-AnchorGpi-Anchor |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Prostate Stem Cell Antigen antibodyAnti-PSCA antibodyAnti-UNQ206 antibodyAnti-PRO232 antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org
