MBD3 antibody (ab69887)

Product Name 

MBD3 antibody

Product type 

Primary antibodies

Description 

Rabbit polyclonal to MBD3

Immunogen 

Synthetic peptide derived from the C-terminal of human MBD3.

Reacts with 
(species key)

Hu, Ms

Tested applications 
(see key)

ELISA, WB

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Application notes 
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Recommended dilutions
ELISA: 1/5000.
WB: 1/500 - 1/1000. Detects a band of approximately 33 kDa (predicted molecular weight: 33 kDa).


Not yet tested in other applications.
Optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.

Positive control 
(see definition)

Extracts from Jurkat cells.

Cellular localization 

Nucleus. Note: Nuclear, in discrete foci.

Research areas 

Chromatin and Nuclear Signaling >> DNA methylation >> Methylated DNA Binding

Relevance 

DNA methylation, or the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the dinucleotide CpG, is imperative to proper development and regulates gene expression. The methylation pattern involves the enzymatic processes of methylation and demethylation. The demethylation enzyme was recently found to be a mammalian protein, which exhibits demethylase activity associated to a methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) (Bhattacharya et al.). The enzyme is able to revert methylated cytosine bases to cytosines within the particular dinucleotide sequence mdCpdG by catalyzing the cleaving of the methyl group as methanol. MeCP2 and MBD1 (PCM1) are first found to repress transcription by binding specifically to methylated DNA (Hendrich et al.). MBD2 and MBD4 (also known as MED1) were later found to colocalize with foci of heavily methylated satellite DNA and believed to mediate the biological functions of the methylation signal. Surprisingly, MBD3 does not bind methylated DNA both in vivo and in vitro. MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 are found to be expressed in somatic tissues, but the expression of MBD1 and MBD2 is reduced or absent in embryonic stem cells, which are known to be deficient in MeCP1 activity. MBD4 has homology to bacterial base excision repair DNA N-glycosylases/lyases (Petronzelli et al.). In some microsatellite unstable tumors MBD4 is mutated at an exonic polynucleotide tract (Bader et al.).

Database links 

Raised in 

Rabbit

Clonality 

Polyclonal

Isotype 

IgG

Purity 

Immunogen affinity purified

Storage buffer 

Preservative: 0.02% Sodium Azide
Constituents: 50% Glycerol, PBS, 150mM Sodium chloride, pH 7.4

Material safety datasheets (MSDS) for this product:
Glycerol MSDS
Sodium Azide MSDS

Form 

Liquid

Concentration 

1.000 mg/ml

Storage instructions 

Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.

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