Microtubule Associate Protein 2 Antibody

• Background:

  Microtubules are 25nm diameter protein rods found in most kinds of eukaryotic cells. They are polymerized from a dimeric subunit made of one a subunit and one b tubulin subunit. Microtubules are associated with a family of proteins called microtubule associated proteins (MAPs), which includes the protein τ and a group of proteins referred to as MAP1, MAP2, MAP3, MAP4 and MAP5 (Kindler & Gardner 1994) . MAP2 is made up of two ~280 kDa apparent molecular weight bands referred to as MAP2a and MAP2b. A third lower molecular weight form, usually called MAP2c, corresponds to a pair of protein bands running at ~70 kDa on SDS-PAGE gels. All these MAP2 forms are derived from a single gene by alternate transcription, and all share a C-terminal sequence which includes either three or four microtubule binding peptide sequences, which are very similar to those found in the related microtubule binding protein τ . MAP2 isoforms are expressed only in neuronal cells and specifically in the perikarya and dendrites of these cells. MAP2 has been recently shown to be the specific receptor for the neurosteroid pregnenolone (Fontaine-Lenore V. et al., 2006) .

• NCBI Gene ID:

  4133

• Swiss Prot:

  P11137

• Accession Number:

  P11137

• Host:

  Chicken

• Reactivity:

  Human, Mouse, Rat, Bovine

• Immunogen:

  Bovine MAP2 isolated from brain by the GTP microtubule cycling method.

• Clonality:

  Polyclonal

• Conjugation:

  Unconjugated

• Type:

  Primary Antibodies

• Field of Research:

  Homeostasis

• Purification:

  Total IgY fraction

• Concentration:

  Batch dependent

• Modification:

  None

• Shipping Conditions:

  Blue Ice

• Storage Conditions:

  Microtubule Associate Protein 2 antibody can be stored at -20˚ C and is stable at -20˚ C for at least 1 year.

• Calculated Molecular Weight:

  280

• Specificity:

  Specific for the ~ 280k MAP2 protein.

• Symbol:

  MAP2

• NCBI Official Name:

  Microtubule-associated protein 2

• NCBI Organism:

  Homo sapiens

• Background Reference 01:

  Kindler S, Gardner CC (1994) Four repeat MAP2 isoforms in human and rat brain. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 26 (1-2) :218-224.

• Background Reference 02:

  Fontaine-Lenore V, Chambraud B, Fellous A, David S, Duchossoy Y, Baulieu EE, Robel P (2006) Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is a neurosteroid. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 (12) :4711-6.

• Tested Applications:

  WB, IF

• Protein ID:

  215274255

• Physical Properties:

  Liquid