This is selective for the full-length and calpain cleaved isoform proteins. The short isoform is missing a.a. 1-79. The calpain cleaved form of ATG5 is missing a.a. 195-275.
Note: Not all species have been tested for usefulness with this product. Only those species listed have been tested. We cannot make any guarantees about additional reactivities which may or may not occur.
Store at 4 °C short term. Aliquot and store at -20 °C long term. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
Buffer:
PBS plus 30% glycerol
Preservative:
0.1% Sodium Azide
Limitations:
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Autophagy is an important mechanism for nonselective intracellular breakdown whereby cytosol and organelles are encapsulated in vesicles, which are then engulfed and digested by lytic vacuoles/lysosomes. ATG5 is required for autophagy. It conjugates to ATG12 and associates with isolation membrane to form autophagosomes. The conjugate detaches from the membrane immediately before or after autophagosome formation is completed. Conjugation to ATG12 is essential for autophagy, but is not required for association with isolation membrane. ATG5 also plays an important role in the apoptotic process. Its expression is a relatively late event in the apoptotic process, occurring downstream of caspase activity.
Western Blot: ATG5 antibody [NB110-53818] - Detection of ATG5 in mouse wildtype ES cell lysate (Lane 1) using NB110-53818. Lane 2 is a mouse ATG5 KO ES cell lysate (negative control). "Atg5-/- ES cells from Dr. Noboru Mizushima [Mizushima, N. et al. J. Cell Biol. 152 (2001)] Photo courtesy of Dr. Beth Levine, UT Southwestern Medical Center"
Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: ATG5 Antibody [NB110-53818] - Immunofluorescent staining of SY5Y cells using NB110-53818 at 1:250. Incubated overnight at 4 degrees. Photo courtesy of an anonymous collaborator.
Immunohistochemistry: ATG5 antibody [NB110-53818] - Staining of hepatocytes using NB110-53818 at 2.5ug/ml. Human liver hepatocytes 40X magnification.