Melan-A/MART-1 Antibody [Alexa Fluor® 594]

• Reactivity: Hu
• Applications: WB
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Host: Sheep
• Conjugate: Alexa Fluor 594

Melan-A/MART-1 Antibody [Alexa Fluor® 594] Summary

• Immunogen: E. coli-derived recombinant human Melan-A/MART-1
  Asn52-Pro118
  Accession # Q16655
• Specificity: Detects human Melan-A/MART-1 in direct ELISAs and Western blots.
• Isotype: IgG
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Host: Sheep
• Purity Statement: Antigen Affinity-purified

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • Western Blot

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.

Alternate Names for Melan-A/MART-1 Antibody [Alexa Fluor® 594]

• Antigen LB39-AA
• Antigen SK29-AA
• Mart 1 Melan A
• MART-1
• MART1MART-1
• MelanA
• Melan-A
• melanoma antigen recognized by T-cells 1
• MLANA
• Protein Melan-A

Background

Melan-A (MeLANoma-A; also MART-1, LB39-AA and SK29-AA, MLANA) is a 18-24 kDa member of a melanocyte lineage-specific, generally structurally-unrelated family of proteins. It is expressed only in melanocytes, retinal pigment epithelium and melanoma cells. Melan-A is involved in melanosome formation, and appears to stabilize both GPCR143/OA-1 and PMEL, thus ensuring the formation of a stage 2 (melanin production within a fibrillar matrix) melanosome. It is typically found in the Golgi, and upon inversion of its topology, becomes embedded in the ER. It may also appear in endosomes and on the cell surface where, in theory, it is recognizable by a special naïve type of CD8⁺ T cell that is derived from the thymus. Notably, these cells normally appear to be unresponsive, even in the face of exposure to skin melanocytes during wound healing. Human MLANA is a 118 amino acid (aa) type III (no signal sequence) transmembrane protein. It contains a 26 aa extracellular region (aa 1-26), and a 71 aa cytoplasmic domain (aa 48-118). There is one utilized phosphorylation site at Ser108, and the molecule is known to undergo acylation, creating a MW of 23-34 kDa in SDS-PAGE. Over aa 52-118, human Melan-A shares 62% aa sequence identity with mouse MLANA.

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.