Anti-alpha-Tubulin Purified

Anti-alpha-Tubulin Purified

• Background: The microtubules are intracellular dynamic polymers made up of evolutionarily conserved polymorphic alpha/beta-tubulin heterodimers and a large number of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). The microtubules consist of 13 protofilaments and have an outer diameter 25 nm. Microtubules have their intrinsic polarity highly dynamic plus ends and less dynamic minus ends. Microtubules are required for vital processes in eukaryotic cells including mitosis, meiosis, maintenance of cell shape and intracellular transport. Microtubules are also necessary for movement of cells by means of flagella and cilia. In mammalian tissue culture cells microtubules have their minus ends anchored in microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs). The GTP (guanosintriphosphate) molecule is an essential for tubulin heterodimer to associate with other heterodimers to form microtubule. In vivo, microtubule dynamics vary considerably. Microtubule polymerization is reversible and a populations of microtubules in cells are on their minus ends either growing or shortening 8211 this phenomenon is called dynamic instability of microtubules. On a practical level, microtubules can easily be stabilized by the addition of non-hydrolysable analogues of GTP (eg. GMPPCP) or more commonly by anti-cancer drugs such as Taxol. Taxol stabilizes microtubules at room temperature for many hours. Using limited proteolysis by enzymes both tubulin subunits can be divided into N-terminal and C-terminal structural domains. The alpha-tubulin (relative molecular weight around 50 kDa) is globular protein that exists in cells as part of soluble alpha/beta-tubulin dimer or it is polymerized into microtubules. In different species it is coded by multiple tubulin genes that form tubulin classes (in human 6 genes). Expressed tubulin genes are named tubulin isotypes. Some of the tubulin isotypes are expressed ubiquitously, while some have more restricted tissue expression. Alpha-tubulin is also subject of numerous post-translational modifications. Tubulin isotypes and their posttranslational modifications are responsible for multiple tubulin charge variants - tubulin isoforms. Heterogeneity of alpha-tubulin is concentrated in C-terminal structural domain.
• Specifications: The antibody TU-02 recognizes an epitope on N-terminal structural domain of alpha-tubulin in various species.
• CAS Number: 9007-83-4
• Certification: RUO
• Host: Mouse
• Species Reactivity: Pig, Human, Mouse, Nicotiana
• Immunogen: microtubule proteins from porcine brain
• Target Antigen: alpha-Tubulin
• Isotype: IgM
• Clone: TU-02
• Applications: Western blotting: Recommended dilution: 1-2 μg/mL.
• Validated Applications: WB
• Concentration: 1 mg/mL
• Format: Purified
• Buffer: Tris buffered saline (TBS), pH 8.0, 15 mM sodium azide
• References & Citations: *Smertenko A, Blume Y, Viklický V, Dráber P: Exposure of tubulin structural domains in Nicotiana tabacum microtubules probed by monoclonal antibodies. Eur J Cell Biol. 1997 Feb72(2):104-12., URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9157006?itool=E,*Dráber P, Dráberová E, Linhartová I, Viklický V.: Differences in the exposure of C- and N-terminal tubulin domains in cytoplasmic microtubules detected with domain-specific monoclonal antibodies. J Cell Sci. 1989 Mar92 ( Pt 3):519-28., URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2480356?dopt=A,*Dráber P, Dráberová E, Zicconi D, Sellitto C, Viklický V, Cappuccinelli P.: Heterogeneity of microtubules recognized by monoclonal antibodies to alpha-tubulin. Eur J Cell Biol. 1986 Jun41(1):82-8., URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3792338?dopt=A,
• Storage Conditions: Store at 2-8°C. Do not freeze.