CRYAB Antibody | 16-317

CRYAB Antibody | 16-317 | Gentaur UK, US & Europe Distribution

Host: Rabbit

Reactivity: Human, Mouse

Homology: N/A

Immunogen: A synthetic peptide of human CRYAB

Research Area: Apoptosis, Cancer, Cell Cycle, Neuroscience, Signal Transduction

Tested Application: WB, IHC

Application: WB: 1:500 - 1:2000
IHC: 1:50 - 1:200

Specificiy: N/A

Positive Control 1: Mouse heart

Positive Control 2: N/A

Positive Control 3: N/A

Positive Control 4: N/A

Positive Control 5: N/A

Positive Control 6: N/A

Molecular Weight: Observed: 20kDa

Validation: N/A

Isoform: N/A

Purification: Affinity purification

Clonality: Polyclonal

Clone: N/A

Isotype: IgG

Conjugate: Unconjugated

Physical State: Liquid

Buffer: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, pH7.3.

Concentration: N/A

Storage Condition: Store at 4˚C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.

Alternate Name: CRYAB, CRYA2, CTPP2, HSPB5, MFM2, CMD1II, CTRCT16, HEL-S-101

User Note: Optimal dilutions for each application to be determined by the researcher.

BACKGROUND: Mammalian lens crystallins are divided into alpha, beta, and gamma families. Alpha crystallins are composed of two gene products: alpha-A and alpha-B, for acidic and basic, respectively. Alpha crystallins can be induced by heat shock and are members of the small heat shock protein (HSP20) family. They act as molecular chaperones although they do not renature proteins and release them in the fashion of a true chaperone; instead they hold them in large soluble aggregates. Post-translational modifications decrease the ability to chaperone. These heterogeneous aggregates consist of 30-40 subunits; the alpha-A and alpha-B subunits have a 3:1 ratio, respectively. Two additional functions of alpha crystallins are an autokinase activity and participation in the intracellular architecture. The encoded protein has been identified as a moonlighting protein based on its ability to perform mechanistically distinct functions. Alpha-A and alpha-B gene products are differentially expressed; alpha-A is preferentially restricted to the lens and alpha-B is expressed widely in many tissues and organs. Elevated expression of alpha-B crystallin occurs in many neurological diseases; a missense mutation cosegregated in a family with a desmin-related myopathy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.