Glial fibrillary acidic protein (UniProt F1RR02) is encoded by the GFAP gene (Gene ID 396562) in porcine. GFAP is a type III intermediate filament (IF) thought to help maintain astrocyte mechanical strength and is closely related to vimentin, desmin, and peripherin, which are involved in the structure and function of cellular cytoskeleton. GFAP is expressed in astrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS), where it is involved in many important CNS processes, including cell communication and the blood brain barrier (BBC) function. GFAP contains the characteristic tripartite domain structure among IF members, a central α-helical rod domain (a.a. 73-377) flanked by a non-α-helical N-terminal head (a.a. 1-72) and a C-terminal tail (a.a. 378-432) domain. The head and tail domains are most structurally variable among IF proteins and their contributions to filament assembly vary depending on the IF proteins. For GFAP, the tail domain is reported to be important for filament assembly. The tail domain R416W mutation is linked to the neurological disorder Alexander disease (AxD).，官网链接：https://www.sigmaaldrich.cn/product/mm/ag230 默克 科研、开发、生产。 作为生命科学行业的全球领先供应商，我们致力于为科研、生物技术开发和生产，以及制药药物疗法开发和生产提供各类解决方案和服务。

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