Synaptic Systems - alpha-Tubulin

Cat. No.: 302 206

Amount: 50 µg

Price: $385.00

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WB

ICC

IHC

IHC-P

Background

Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintainance of cell shape.
Tubulin itself is a globular protein which consists of two polypeptides, α-tubulin and β-tubulin. α- and β-tubulin dimers are assembled to 13 protofilaments that form a microtubule of 22 nm diameter.

Assembled microtubules can be detyrosinated by a carboxypeptidaseS called vasohibins / SVBPs. Detyrosinated α-tubulin is referred to as Glu-α-tubulin and occurs for exemple in neurons. This reaction can be reverted by Tubulin tyrosine ligase (TTL) that ads a C-terminal tyrosin to Glu α-tubulin.
Another post-translational modification of α-tubulin is C-terminal polyglutamylation which is also characteristic for microtubules in neuronal cells and the mitotic spindle. A third variant of detyrosinated α-tubulin is Δ2-tubulin which lacks the C-terminal glutamic acid. It cannot be tyrosinated by TTL and is one of the dominant α-tubulin isoforms in neurons.

1 ) Erck C et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2005)
2 ) Contin MA et al., Biochem. J. (1999)
3 ) Paturle-Lafanechère L et al., J. Cell. Sci. (1994)
4 ) Ersfeld K et al., J. Cell Biol. (1993)
5 ) Rüdiger M et al., FEBS Lett. (1992)
6 ) Caron JM et al., J. Cell Biol. (1985)
7 ) Caron JM et al., Nature ()

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Cat. No. 302 206	50 µg specific antibody, lyophilized. Affinity purified with the immunogen. Albumin and azide were added for stabilization. For reconstitution add 50 µl H₂O to get a 1mg/ml solution in PBS. Then aliquot and store at -20°C to -80°C until use. Antibodies should be stored at +4°C when still lyophilized. Do not freeze!
Applications	WB: 1 : 1000 up to 1 : 5000 AP-staining gallery IP: not tested yet ICC: 1 : 500 up to 1 : 1000 gallery IHC: 1 : 500 gallery IHC-P: 1 : 200 gallery
Immunogen	Synthetic peptide corresponding to AA 419 to 435 from human α-tubulin 4A (UniProt Id: P68366)
Reactivity	Reacts with: human ( P68366), rat (Q5XIF6), mouse (P68368). Other species not tested yet.
Specificity	Specific for α-tubulin
Matching control protein/peptide	302-21P
Data sheet	302_206.pdf

alpha-Tubulin antibody - 302 206