Anti-L-Arginine decarboxylase/AZIN2 Antibody Picoband®

SKU: RP1112

Size: 100 μg

Storage: Store at -20℃ for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4℃ for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20℃ for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Form: Lyophilized

Reactivity: Human,Mouse,Rat

Applications: IHC,WB

Application Details: Western blot, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Section), 0.5-1μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat

Gene Name: AZIN2

Specificity: No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Background: Antizyme inhibitor 2 (AzI2), also known as arginine decarboxylase (ADC), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AZIN2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the antizyme inhibitor family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by maintaining polyamine homeostasis within the cell. Antizyme inhibitors are homologs of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis) that have lost the ability to decarboxylase ornithine; however, retain the ability to bind to antizymes. Antizymes negatively regulate intracellular polyamine levels by binding to ODC and targeting it for degradation, as well as by inhibiting polyamine uptake. Antizyme inhibitors function as positive regulators of polyamine levels by sequestering antizymes and neutralizing their effect. This gene encodes antizyme inhibitor 2, the second member of this gene family. Like antizyme inhibitor 1, antizyme inhibitor 2 interacts with all 3 antizymes and stimulates ODC activity and polyamine uptake. However, unlike antizyme inhibitor 1, which is ubiquitously expressed and localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm, antizyme inhibitor 2 is predominantly expressed in the brain and testis and localized in the endoplasmic reticulum-golgi intermediate compartment. Recent studies indicate that antizyme inhibitor 2 is also expressed in specific cell types in ovaries, adrenal glands and pancreas, and in mast cells. The exact function of this gene is not known, however, available data suggest its role in cell growth, spermiogenesis, vesicular trafficking and secretion.

Immunogen: E. coli-derived human AZIN2 recombinant protein (Position: C111-Q301). Human AZIN2 shares 89.4% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse AZIN2.

Clonality: Polyclonal

Contents: Each vial contains antibody formulated with stabilizing components, 0.9 mg NaCl, 0.2 mg Na2HPO4, and 0.05 mg NaN3.
*This antibody is supplied in a stabilized formulation.
Compatibility with conjugation reactions depends on the chemistry of the conjugation method used.
For conjugation methods that are not compatible with the stabilizing components present in this formulation, a carrier-free antibody format is required.

Purification: Immunogen affinity purified.

Reconstitution: Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.

Reference: 1. Pitkänen LT, Heiskala M, Andersson LC (2001). Expression of a novel human ornithine decarboxylase-like protein in the central nervous system and testes.Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 287 (5): 1051–7. 2. Zhu MY, Iyo A, Piletz JE, Regunathan S (2004). Expression of human arginine decarboxylase, the biosynthetic enzyme for agmatine. Biochim. Biophys. Acta1670 (2): 156–64.

Uniprot ID: Q96A70

Host: Rabbit

Concentration: Adding 0.2 ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500 μg/ml.

Conjugate: This is the unconjugated antibody. It is also available with 10 conjugation options, including Biotin, Cy3, Fluoro488, Fluoro550, Fluoro594, FITC, HRP, APC, PE, and Fluoro647. A carrier-free (BSA-free) version is also available. Additional charges may apply for some options. Please contact us for a quote

Cross Reactivity: No cross-reactivity with other proteins

Isotype: Rabbit IgG

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Observed Molecular Weight: 39 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight: 49980 MW

Gene ID: 113451

Protein Name: Antizyme inhibitor 2

Gene Full Name: antizyme inhibitor 2

Synonyms: ADC; Antizyme inhibitor 2; ARGDC; arginine decarboxylase; AZI2; AZIN2; KIAA1945; ODC p; ODC paralogue; ODC1L; ODCP