alpha Tubulin 4a Antibody (B-5-1-2) [Alexa Fluor® 488]

• Reactivity: Hu, Mu, Rt, Bv, Ch, Pm
• Applications: ICC/IF, MA
• Clone: B-5-1-2
• Clonality: Monoclonal
• Host: Mouse
• Conjugate: Alexa Fluor 488

alpha Tubulin 4a Antibody (B-5-1-2) [Alexa Fluor® 488] Summary

• Immunogen: Sarkosyl-resistant filaments from Stronglycentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin).
• Localization: Cytoplasmic
• Specificity: Recognizes an epitope located at the C-terminal end of the alpha-tubulin isoform in a variety of organisms.
• Isotype: IgG1
• Clonality: Monoclonal
• Host: Mouse
• Gene: TUBA4A
• Purity: Protein A or G purified

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence
  • Microarray

Reactivity Notes

Cross-reacts with African Green Monkey, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, kangaroo rat and Sea Urchin. Not yet tested in other species. Please note that this antibody is reactive to Mouse and derived from the same host, Mouse. Additional Mouse on Mouse blocking steps may be required for IHC and ICC experiments. Please contact Technical Support for more information.

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Store at 4C in the dark.
• Buffer: 50mM Sodium Borate
• Preservative: 0.05% Sodium Azide
• Purity: Protein A or G purified

Notes

Alexa Fluor (R) products are provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. The purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased product and components of the product only in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). The sale of this product is expressly conditioned on the buyer not using the product or its components, or any materials made using the product or its components, in any activity to generate revenue, which may include, but is not limited to use of the product or its components: (i) in manufacturing; (ii) to provide a service, information, or data in return for payment; (iii) for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; or (iv) for resale, regardless of whether they are resold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than as described above, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@lifetech.com. This conjugate is made on demand. Actual recovery may vary from the stated volume of this product. The volume will be greater than or equal to the unit size stated on the datasheet.

Alternate Names for alpha Tubulin 4a Antibody (B-5-1-2) [Alexa Fluor® 488]

• alpha 1 (testis specific)
• alpha Tubulin 4a
• Alpha-tubulin 1
• FLJ30169
• H2-ALPHA
• Testis-specific alpha-tubulin
• TUBA1
• TUBA4A
• Tubulin alpha-1 chain
• tubulin alpha-4A chain
• Tubulin H2-alpha
• tubulin, alpha 1
• tubulin, alpha 4a

Background

Microtubules are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities ranging from mitosis and transport events to cell movement and the maintainance of cell shape. Tubulin itself is a globular protein which consists of two polypeptides (alpha and beta tubulin). Alpha and beta tubulin dimers are assembled to 13 protofilaments that form a microtubule of 22 nm diameter. Tyrosine ligase ads a C-terminal tyrosin to monomeric alpha tubulin. Assembled microtubules can again be detyrosinated by a cytoskeleton associated carboxypeptidase. Detyrosinated alpha tubulin is referred to as Glu-tubulin. Another post-translational modification of detyrosinated alpha tubulin is C-terminal polyglutamylation which is characteristic for microtubules in neuronal cells and the mitotic spindle. Alpha tubulin is not suitable as loading control in adipose tissue as expression of tubulin in adipose tissue is very low ( Spiegelman and Farmer, Cell, 1982, 29(1):53-60) in cells undergoing adipose differentiation actin synthesis decreases by 90%. Excellent as a protein loading control antibody.

Limitations

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Primary Antibodies are guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.

Bioinformatics

• Gene Symbol: TUBA4A
• Entrez:
  • 7277(Human)
  • 22143(Mouse)
  • 500929(Rat)