Autoimmune Regulator/AIRE Antibody [Alexa Fluor® 594]

• Applications: WB
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Host: Goat
• Conjugate: Alexa Fluor 594

Autoimmune Regulator/AIRE Antibody [Alexa Fluor® 594] Summary

• Immunogen: E. coli-derived recombinant mouse Autoimmune Regulator/AIRE
  Ser476-Ser552
  Accession # Q9Z0E3
• Specificity: Detects mouse Autoimmune Regulator/AIRE in Western blots.
• Isotype: IgG
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Host: Goat
• Purity Statement: Antigen Affinity-purified

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Protect from light. Do not freeze. 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied
• Buffer: Supplied 0.2mg/ml in 1X PBS with RDF1 and 0.09% Sodium Azide

Notes

This product is produced by and ships from R&D Systems, Inc., a Bio-Techne brand.

Background

AIRE (Autoimmune regulator; also APECED) is a 58-60 kDa transcriptional regulator that exhibits tight regulation of its expression. It is widely expressed in lymphoid organs, but is most pronounced in thymic medullary epithelium, where it induces the expression of organ specific antigens that are used to sequester and delete autoreactive lymphocytes. Mouse AIRE is 552 amino acids (aa) in length. It contains multiple domains, including an HSR domain with two LXXLL motifs (aa 1-106), an NLS (aa 114-134), one SAND domain (aa 182-282) and two PHD zinc-finger regions (aa 298-345; 434-475). AIRE will homodimerize and tetramerize. There are multiple potential isoforms that involve various combinations of deletions of aa 265-268, 368-426 and Lys296, plus a 42 aa substitution for aa 368-552. Over aa 476-552, mouse AIRE shares 91% and 65% aa identity with rat and human AIRE, respectively.

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.

FAQs for Autoimmune Regulator/AIRE Antibody (AF6184T). (Showing 1 - 1 of 1 FAQ).

1. I am looking into a positive control for Western blotting. We are trying to detect the AIRE protein and are not sure whether the antibody we have is picking up the protein. Are you able to tell me whether the human thymus whole tissue lysate (NB820-59456) has been used to detect for AIRE expression by Western blotting?
   • I am not currently aware of any references to the use of our human thymus whole tissue lysate being used to detect AIRE by Western blotting. On looking through the Western blot images for all seven of our AIRE antibodies, I see that these have been generated using lysates from RT-4 cells (bladder), U-251 MG cells (brain), 293 cells (human embryonic kidney), human spleen lysate, liver lysate and tonsil lysate. Additionally, you may find the Human Protein Atlas link to AIRE useful. At this site you can find protein expression profiles based on immunohistochemistry for a large number of human tissues, cancers and cell lines: The Human Protein Atlas.