Anti-Plectin Antibody Picoband®

SKU: PB9430

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: IF,IHC,ICC,WB

Application Details: Western blot, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, Human
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Section), 2-5μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat
Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence, 5μg/ml, Human

Gene Name: PLEC

Specificity: No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Background: Plectin, known as PLEC, is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes. Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail, revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice ly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat; exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse, rat, and human. The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations. As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development, it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions.

Immunogen: A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of human Plectin, different from the related mouse sequence by one amino acid, and from the related rat sequence by two amino acids.

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. Svitkina TM, Verkhovsky AB, Borisy GG (Nov 1996). Plectin sidearms mediate interaction of intermediate filaments with microtubules and other components of the cytoskeleton. The Journal of Cell Biology135 (4): 991–1007. 2. Wiche G (Sep 1998). Role of plectin in cytoskeleton organization and dynamics(ABSTRACT). Journal of Cell Science. 111 ( Pt 17) (17): 2477–86.

Uniprot ID: Q15149

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

Phospho_site:

Clone Number:

Observed Molecular Weight: 532 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight: 531791 MW

Gene ID: 5339

Protein Name: Plectin

Gene Full Name: plectin

Synonyms: plectin; EBS1; EBSMD; EBSND; EBSO; EBSOG; EBSPA; HD1; LGMD2Q; LGMDR17; PCN1; PLEC1b; PLTN; PLEC