Synaptic Systems - alpha-Tubulin

Cat. No.: 302 218

Amount: 50 µg

Price: $420.00

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.

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2 ) Contin MA et al., Biochem. J. (1999)
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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. 302 218	50 µg purified recombinant IgG, lyophilized. 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 : 5000 up to 1 : 10000 (AP staining) gallery IP: not tested yet ICC: 1 : 500 up to 1 : 2000 gallery IHC: 1 : 1000 gallery IHC-P: 1 : 5000 gallery
Clone	Rb3A2
Subtype	IgG1 (κ light chain)
Immunogen	Synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the carboxy terminus of human α-Tubulin 4A. (UniProt Id: P68366)
Reactivity	Reacts with: human (P68366), mouse (Q5XIF6), rat (P68368). Other species not tested yet.
Remarks	This antibody is a chimeric antibody based on the well known monoclonal mouse antibody clone 3A2. The constant regions of the heavy and light chains have been replaced by rabbit specific sequences. Therefore, the antibody can be used with standard anti-rabbit secondary reagents. The antibody has been expressed in mammalian cells.
Data sheet	302_218.pdf

alpha-Tubulin antibody - 302 218