Polyclonal Anti- beta III Tubulin Antibody

Catalog#  BPA1106

Lot # Check on the product label

Size 100 μg

Isotype IgG

Host Rabbit

Reactivity

Human, mouse, rat

Product Form Liquid

Purification Immunogen affinity purified

Immunogen 

A synthetic peptide (conjugated with KLH) corresponding to the C-terminal of human beta III Tubulin.

Recommend Application

Western Blot, WB (1:1000)

Other applications have not been tested.

The optimal dilutions should be determined by end user.

Storage Buffer

1*PBS (pH7.4), 0.2% BSA, 40% Glycerol and 0.05% Sodium Azide.

Storage Instruction 

Store at 4°C after thawing (1 week). Aliquot and store at -20°C for long term (at least one year).

Avoid repeated freeze and thaw cycles.

Background

Tubulin is one of several members of a small family of globular proteins. The most common members of the tubulin family are α-tubulin and β-tubulin, the proteins that make up microtubules. Each has a molecular weight of approximately 55 kiloDaltons. Microtubules are assembled from dimers of α- and β-tubulin. These subunits are slightly acidic with an isoelectric point between 5.2 and 5.8. Mutant huntingtin, disrupted intracellular transport and insulin secretion by direct interference with microtubular beta-tubulin. Mutant huntingtin impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in insulin-producing beta cells, without altering stored levels of insulin. Smith et al. (2009) proposed a novel pathogenetic process by which mutant huntingtin may disrupt hormone exocytosis from beta cells and possibly impair vesicular transport in any cell that expresses the pathogenic protein. 

Reference

1. Williams RC Jr, Shah C, Sackett D (November 1999). "Separation of tubulin isoforms by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradient gels". Anal Biochem 275 (2): 265–7.

2. Smith, R., Bacos, K., Fedele, V., Soulet, D., Walz, H. A., Obermuller, S., Lindqvist, A., Bjorkqvist, M., Klein, P., Onnerfjord, P., Brundin, P., Mulder, H., Li, J.-Y. Mutant huntingtin interacts with beta-tubulin and disrupts vesicular transport and insulin secretion. Hum. Molec. Genet. 18: 3942-3954, 2009.