| Immunogen | PurifiedbovinebrainMAP2 |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Chicken |
| Specificity | MicrotubuleAssociatedProtein2(MAP2).Itisexpectedthattheantibodywillreactwithallmammals. |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinthatbelongstothemicrotubule-associatedproteinfamily.Theproteinsofthisfamilyarethoughttobeinvolvedinmicrotubuleassembly,whichisanessentialstepinneurogenesis.Theproductsofsimilargenesinratandmouseareneuron-specificcytoskeletalproteinsthatareenrichedindentrites,implicatingaroleindeterminingandstABIlizingdentriticshapeduringneurondevelopment.Anumberofalternativelysplicedvariantsencodingdistinctisformshavebeendescribed. |
| GeneSymbol | - MAP2
- MAP2B
- MAP-2
- MAP2C
- DKFZp686I2148
- MAP2A
|
| PurificationMethod | AmmoniumSulfatePrecipitation |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P11137#TheexactfunctionofMAP2isunknownbutMAPsmaystabilizethemicrotubulesagainstdepolymerization.Theyalsoseemtohaveastiffeningeffectonmicrotubules. SIZE:1827aminoacids;199539Da PTM:MAP2A/cisphosphorylated.PhosphorylateduponDNAdamage,probablybyATMorATR. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P11137##Contains3Tau/MAPrepeats. |
| MolecularWeight | Recognizesadoubletof~280kDaandadoubletof~70kDa. |