STING Antibodies

Target Information

STING is a 379 amino acid containing signaling protein that acts as an important component of innate immune signaling. This signaling protein is able to activate both NF-kappa-B and IRF3 transcription pathways to induce expression of type I interferon (IFN-alpha and IFN-beta) and exert a potent anti-viral state following expression. STING may have translocon function, the translocon possibly being able to influence the induction of type I interferons and is also involved in transduction of apoptotic signals via its association with the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) thus facilitating the detection of intracellular viral RNA species as well as B-form DNA and mediates death signaling via activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway. Generally seen in endoplasmic reticulum membrane, cell membrane and mitochondrion outer membrane, it is ubiquitously expressed in most of tissues.

Synonyms

2610307O08Rik; endoplasmic reticulum IFN stimulator; endoplasmic reticulum interferon stimulator; ERIS; hMITA; hSTING; hypothetical LOC533661; mediator of IRF3 activation; Mita; mitochondrial mediator of IRF3 activation; mitochondrial transmembrane protein 173; MMITA; Mpys; mSTING; NET23; N-terminal methionine-proline-tyrosine-serine plasma membrane tetraspanner; poSTING; RGD1562552; rSTING; SAVI; Stimulator of interferon genes protein; stimulator of interferon response cGAMP interactor 1; STING; STING1; tm173; Tmem173; Transmembrane protein 173