A portion of amino acids 219-247 from the human protein was used as the immunogen for this EDG8 antibody.
The lysosphingolipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) regulates cell proliferation, apoptosis, motility, and neurite retraction. Its actions may be both intracellular as a second messenger and extracellular as a receptor ligand. S1P and the structurally related lysolipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signal cells through a set of G protein-coupled receptors known as EDG receptors. Some EDG receptors (e.g., EDG1, MIM 601974) are S1P receptors, others (e.g., EDG2, MIM 602282) are LPA receptors.
