CST, 4728T, beta2-Chimerin (2E3) Rat Monoclonal Antibody

Monoclonal Antibody for studying Chimerin beta2. Validated for Western Blotting. Available in 2 sizes. Highly specific and rigorously validated in-house, beta2-Chimerin (2E3) Rat Monoclonal Antibody (CST #4728) is ready to ship. Product Usage Information Western Blotting: 1:1000 Storage Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protocol Available protocols: Western Blotting Specificity / Sensitivity beta2-Chimerin (2E3) Rat Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total β2-chimerin protein. Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat Source / Purification Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with full-length recombinant human β2-Chimerin. Background Chimerins are a family of GTPase-activating proteins (GAPS) that facilitate GTP hydrolysis by the small GTPase Rac, rendering it inactive and regulating cell shape, spreading and motility. Regulation of chimerin proteins occurs in response to growth factor receptor or G-protein coupled receptor activation followed by phospholipase C activation. Chimerins are among the growing number of phorbol ester and diacylglycerol (DAG) effector molecules that do not belong to the PKC family of isoenzymes (reviewed in 1,2). β2-chimerin is highly expressed in brain and pancreas, and its expression is down-regulated in malignant gliomas (3). β2-chimerin is also down-regulated in breast cancer, and its expression causes GAP activity-dependent cell cycle arrest in MCF-7 breast cancer cells (4). Signaling from the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activates β2-chimerin and allows its association with Rac1 at the plasma membrane (5). Also in response to EGF, diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) γ interacts with β2-chimerin, promotes its translocation to the plasma membrane, and regulate its GAP activity (6). Alternate Names ARHGAP3; BCH; beta chimerin; Beta-chimaerin; Beta-chimerin; beta3-chimaerin; chimerin (chimaerin) 2; chimerin 2; chimerin, beta-2; chimerin, testis-specific; CHIO; CHN2; CHN2-3; MGC138360; Rho GTPase-activating protein 3; rho-GTPase-activating protein 3; RHOGAP3 Specification REACTIVITY: H M R SENSITIVITY: Endogenous MW (kDa): 47 Source/Isotype: Rat IgG2a