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alpha-Tubulin antibody - 302 209

alpha-Tubulin is a major cytoskeleton protein
Chicken monoclonal recombinant IgY
Cat. No.: 302 209
Amount: 50 µg
Price: $420.00
Cat. No. 302 209 50 µg purified recombinant IgY, 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 : 1000 up to 1 : 10000 (AP staining) gallery  
ICC: 1 : 1000 up to 1 : 2000 (see remarks) gallery  
IHC: 1 : 500 up to 1 : 1000 gallery  
IHC-P: 1 : 500 up to 1 : 1000 gallery  

Western blot (WB); separation of proteins by PAGE and subsequent transfer to a membrane. Detection of target molecules is carried out with antibodies. Some antibodies require special sample preparation steps. For details, please refer to the “Remarks” section.

Immunocytochemistry (ICC) on 4% PFA fixed cells. Immunoreactivity is usually revealed by fluorescence. Some antibodies require special fixation methods. For details, please refer to the “Remarks” section.

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) on 4% PFA perfusion fixed tissue with 24h PFA post fixation. Immunoreactivity is usually revealed by fluorescence or a chromogenic substrate. Some antibodies require special fixation methods or antigen retrieval steps. For details, please refer to the ”Remarks” section.

Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P) of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue (some antibodies require special antigen retrieval steps, please refer to the ”Remarks” section). Immunoreactivity is usually revealed by fluorescence or a chromogenic substrate.

Clone Ch3A2
Subtype IgY (λ light chain)
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), vertebrates, invertebrates, yeast.
Other species not tested yet.
Specificity Specific for α-tubulin (glu- and tyr-α-tubulin)
Matching control protein/peptide 302-21P
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 with chicken specific sequences. Therefore, the antibody can be used with standard anti-chicken secondary reagents. The antibody has been expressed in mammalian cells.
ICC: The following fixatives are possible: 4% formaldehyde/PFA, methanol, methanol-acetone.

Data sheet 302_209.pdf
Cat. No.: 302 209
Amount: 50 µg
Price: $420.00
Background

Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of intracellular events including cell division, intracellular transport and secretion, axonal transport, and maintenance of cell morphology. They are composed of tubulin, a heterodimeric protein, consisting of two polypeptides, α-tubulin and β-tubulin (1). 
α Tubulin undergoes numerous post-translational modifications that include tyrosination-detyrosination and deglutamylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, polyglutamylation, and polyglycylation. In one of the major posttranslational modifications, the C-terminal tyrosine residue in α-tubulin is added or removed reversibly, producing Glu-tubulin (after detyrosination) and Tyr-tubulin (with re-added tyrosine). Early stages of cell development are often enriched in Tyr tubulin, whereas mature cells show increased Glu tubulin in stable structures. Some microtubule associated proteins (MAPs), motor proteins like kinesins, or stabilizing factors have different affinities for Glu- or Tyr-tubulin (2,3,4).
A third variant of detyrosinated α-tubulin is Δ2-tubulin which lacks the C-terminal glutamic acid. It cannot be tyrosinated by tyrosine ligase and is one of the dominant α-tubulin isoforms in neurons (5).