ATG7
Reactivity: Human
ELISA, FACS
Host: Mouse
Monoclonal
7D3E5
unconjugated
Application Notes
ELISA. Western blot: APG7 antibody can be used for the detection of APG7 at 0.5-1 μg/mL. Positive Control: Caco-2 Cell Lysate. Immunocytochemistry. Positive Control: MCF7 Cell Lysate. Other applications not tested. Optimal dilutions are dependent on conditions and should be determined by the user.
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Buffer
PBS containing 0.02 % Sodium Azide as preservative
Preservative
Sodium azide
Precaution of Use
This product contains sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Handling Advice
Avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Storage
4 °C/-20 °C
Storage Comment
Store undiluted at 2-8 °C for one month or (in aliquots) at -20 °C for longer.
Autophagy, the process of bulk degradation of cellular proteins through an autophagosomic-lysosomal pathway is important for normal growth control and may be defective in tumor cells. It is involved in the preservation of cellular nutrients under starvation conditions as well as the normal turnover of cytosolic components (1,2). This process is negatively regulated by TOR (Target of rapamycin) through phosphorylation of autophagy protein APG1 (3). Another member of the autophagy family of proteins is APG7 which was identified in yeast as a ubiquitin-E1-like enzyme, this function is conserved in the mammalian homolog (4). In mammalian cells, APG7 is essential for autophagy conjugation systems, autophagosome formation, starvation-induced bulk degradation of proteins and organelles (5). It has been suggested that caspase-8 may alter APG7 levels and thus the APG7 program of autophagic cell death (6).Synonyms: APG7-like, Autophagy-related protein 7, Ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1-like protein