Description_x000D_ General description_x000D_ The proteasome is a multicatalytic proteinase complex with a highly ordered ring-shaped 20S core structure. The core structure is composed of 4 rings of 28 non-identical subunits; 2 rings are composed of 7 alpha subunits and 2 rings are composed of 7 beta subunits. Proteasomes are distributed throughout eukaryotic cells at a high concentration and cleave peptides in an ATP/ubiquitin-dependent process in a non-lysosomal pathway. An essential function of a modified proteasome, the immunoproteasome, is the processing of class I MHC peptides. This gene encodes a member of the peptidase T1A family, that is a 20S core alpha subunit. A pseudogene has been identified on the Y chromosome. (provided by RefSeq)_x000D_ Immunogen_x000D_ PSMA6 (NP_002782.1, 1 a.a. ~ 246 a.a) full-length human protein._x000D_ Sequence_x000D_ MSRGSSAGFDRHITIFSPEGRLYQVEYAFKAINQGGLTSVAVRGKDCAVIVTQKKVPDKLLDSSTVTHLFKITENIGCVMTGMTADSRSQVQRARYEAANWKYKYGYEIPVDMLCKRIADISQVYTQNAEMRPLGCCMILIGIDEEQGPQVYKCDPAGYYCGFKATAAGVKQTESTSFLEKKVKKKFDWTFEQTVETAITCLSTVLSIDFKPSEIEVGVVTVENPKFRILTEAEIDAHLVALAERD_x000D_ Physical form_x000D_ Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4