epitope mapping at the C-terminus of ND3 of human origin
recommended for detection of ND3 of human and, to a lesser extent, mouse and rat origin by WB, IF and ELISA; also reactive with additional species, including equine and bovine
ND3 Background Information NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is an extremely complicated multiprotein complex located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Human complex I is important for energy metabolism because its main function is to transport electrons from NADH to ubiquinone, which is accompanied by trans-location of protons from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space. Human complex I appears to consist of 41 subunits. A small number of complex I subunits are the products of mitochondrial genes (subunits 1-7), while the remainder are nuclear encoded and imported from the cytoplasm. NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 (ND3) localizes to the hydrophobic protein fragment of complex I. Mutations in the gene encodiing for ND3 may be associated with Parkinson disease.