alpha Tubulin antibody (N-Term)

Catalog No. ABIN6991939

Product Details anti-alpha Tubulin Antibody

Target: alpha Tubulin (TUBA1)

Binding Specificity: N-Term

Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat

Host: Rabbit

Clonality: Polyclonal

Conjugate: This alpha Tubulin antibody is un-conjugated

Application: Western Blotting (WB), ELISA, Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Sections) (IHC (p)), Immunofluorescence (IF)

Specificity: Alpha-tubulin antibody is human, mouse and rat reactive.

Purification: Alpha-tubulin antibody is affinity chromatography purified via peptide column.

Immunogen: Alpha-tubulin antibody was raised against an 18 amino acid peptide near the amino terminus of human alpha-tubulin. The immunogen is located within the first 50 amino acids of Alpha-tubulin.

Isotype: IgG

Application Details

Application Notes: Alpha-tubulin antibody can be used for detection of alpha-tubulin by Western blot at 0.25 - 0.5 μ,g/mL. Antibody can also be used for Immunohistochemistry starting at 5 μ,g/mL. For immunofluorescence start at 20 μ,g/mL.

Antibody validated: Western Blot in human samples, Immunohistochemistry in human samples and Immunofluorescence in human samples. All other applications and species not yet tested.

Restrictions: For Research Use only

Handling

Format: Liquid

Concentration: 1 mg/mL

Buffer: Alpha-tubulin antibody is supplied in PBS containing 0.02 % sodium azide.

Preservative: Sodium azide

Precaution of Use: This product contains Sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.

Storage: -20 °C,4 °C

Storage Comment: Alpha-tubulin antibody can be stored at 4°C for three months and -20°C, stable for up to one year.

Target Details for alpha Tubulin

Target: alpha Tubulin (TUBA1)

Alternative Name: Alpha-tubulin (TUBA1 Products)

Synonyms: Tuba1 antibody, K-ALPHA-1 antibody, Tuba-1 antibody, cb944 antibody, fb22g06 antibody, tuba1 antibody, wu:fb22g06 antibody, Calpha1 antibody, tubulin, alpha 1A antibody, tubulin alpha 1b antibody, tubulin, alpha 1b antibody, tubulin, alpha 1B antibody, Tuba1a antibody, TUBA1B antibody, tuba1b antibody, Tuba1b antibody

Background: Alpha-tubulin belongs to the tubulin superfamily, which is composed of six distinct families. Along with beta-tubulins, alpha-tubulins are the major components of microtubules. These microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintenance of cell shape. Alpha- and beta-tubulin dimers are assembled to 13 protofilaments that form a microtubule of 22-nm diameter (reviewed in 1). Tyrosine ligase adds a C-terminal tyrosine to monomeric alpha-tubulin. Assembled microtubules can again be detyrosinated by a cytoskeleton-associated carboxypeptidase (2). Another post-translational modification of detyrosinated alpha-tubulin is C-terminal polyglutamylation, which is characteristic of microtubules in neuronal cells and the mitotic spindle (3). Like GAPDH and ?-Actin, this antibody makes an excellent loading control in immunoblots.

Molecular Weight: Predicted: 50 kDa

Observed: 45 kDa

Gene ID: 7278

NCBI Accession: NP_005992

UniProt: Q13748

Pathways: Microtubule Dynamics