Anti-CEACAM3/5 Antibody, clone 308/3-3 clone 308/3-3, from mouse

Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 3 (UniProt P40198; also known as Carcinoembryonic antigen CGM1, CD66d) is encoded by the CEACAM3 (also known as CD66D, CGM1) gene (Gene ID 1084) in human. The carcinoembryonic antigen- (CEA-) related cell adhesion molecules (CEACAMs) constitute a 12-member subgroup of the CEA family of immunoglobulin-related proteins first described in 1965 (PMID 4953873). CEACAMs are reported to participate in diverse physiological processes, including cell adhesion, differentiation, proliferation, and survival, as well as in carcinogenesis and bacterial pathogenesis. CEACAM molecules from neighbouring cells can interact via their respective extracellular N-terminal IgV-like domain and mediate cell-to-cell adhesion through trans-oligomerization. CEACAM molecules within the same cell can also undergo transmembrane domain-mediated cis-oligomerization, an event important for sustaining downstream cellular signaling. Athough CEACAM1 is shown to utilize its cytoplasmic domain for transducing cellular signaling, not all CEACAM members are expressed with a significant cytoplasmic domain, and others (CEACAM5/6/7/8) are GPI-anchored without even a transmembrane domain. Human CEACAM3 and CEACAM4 are two CEACAMs whose extracellular region is composed of only one V-type Ig-like extracellular domain (a.a. 35-142 of CEACAM3). Human CEACAM5 (UniProt P06731), on the other hand, is a GPI-anchored CEACAM with the most extracellular Ig domains, 7 in all.