Anti-RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP Grade (ab817)

Overview

• Product nameAnti-RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP GradeSee all RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS primary antibodies ...
• Description
  Mouse monoclonal [8WG16] to RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS - ChIP Grade
• SpecificityThis antibody reacts with the highly conserved heptapeptide repeat of the largest subunit of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II.
• Tested applicationsCHIPseq, ICC, Purification, WB, ChIP, Flow Cyt, IP more details
• Species reactivity
  Reacts with: Mouse, Cow, Human, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Xenopus laevis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Schizosaccharomyces pombe
  Predicted to work with: a wide range of other species
• Immunogen

  Purified wheat germ RNA polymerase II.

• General notesThis antibody may be used to detect unproteolyzed RNA polymerase II or to inhibit specific transcription from class II promoters. This is a polyol-responsive antibody and can be used in gentle purifications of RNA polymerase II from from wheat germ, calf thymus, and yeast and is likely to purify RNA polymerase II from most eukaryotic organisms. It inhibits promoter-directed transcription, but it does not inhibit elongation in the nonspecific transcription assay.

Properties

• FormLiquid
• Storage instructionsShipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles.
• Storage bufferPreservative: 0.02% Sodium Azide
  Constituents: PBS
• Concentration information loading...
• PurityProtein G purified
• Clonality Monoclonal
• Clone number8WG16
• IsotypeIgG2a
• Research Areas
  • Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling
  • Transcription
  • Polymerase associated factors
  • Pol II Transcription
  • Polymerase

  • Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling
  • ChIP'ing antibodies
  • ChIP'ing antibodies

  • Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling
  • Transcription
  • RNA polymerase

Applications

Target

• FunctionDNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. Largest and catalytic component of RNA polymerase II which synthesizes mRNA precursors and many functional non-coding RNAs. Forms the polymerase active center together with the second largest subunit. Pol II is the central component of the basal RNA polymerase II transcription machinery. It is composed of mobile elements that move relative to each other. RPB1 is part of the core element with the central large cleft, the clamp element that moves to open and close the cleft and the jaws that are thought to grab the incoming DNA template. At the start of transcription, a single stranded DNA template strand of the promoter is positioned within the central active site cleft of Pol II. A bridging helix emanates from RPB1 and crosses the cleft near the catalytic site and is thought to promote translocation of Pol II by acting as a ratchet that moves the RNA-DNA hybrid through the active site by switching from straight to bent conformations at each step of nucleotide addition. During transcription elongation, Pol II moves on the template as the transcript elongates. Elongation is influenced by the phosphorylation status of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of Pol II largest subunit (RPB1), which serves as a platform for assembly of factors that regulate transcription initiation, elongation, termination and mRNA processing. Acts as a RNA-dependent RNA polymerase when associated with small delta antigen of Hepatitis delta virus, acting both as a replicate and transcriptase for the viral RNA circular genome.
• Sequence similaritiesBelongs to the RNA polymerase beta' chain family.
• Post-translational
  modificationsThe tandem 7 residues repeats in the C-terminal domain (CTD) can be highly phosphorylated. The phosphorylation activates Pol II. Phosphorylation occurs mainly at residues 'Ser-2' and 'Ser-5' of the heptapeptide repeat and is mediated, at least, by CDK7 and CDK9. CDK7 phosphorylation of POLR2A associated with DNA promotes transcription initiation by triggering dissociation from DNA. Phosphorylation also takes place at 'Ser-7' of the heptapepdtide repeat, which is required for efficient transcription of snRNA genes and processing of the transcripts. The phosphorylation state is believed to result from the balanced action of site-specific CTD kinases and phosphatases, and a 'CTD code' that specifies the position of Pol II within the transcription cycle has been proposed.
  Dephosphorylated by the protein phosphatase CTDSP1.
  Ubiquitinated by WWP2 leading to proteasomal degradation (By similarity). Following UV treatment, the elongating form of RNA polymerase II (RNA pol IIo) is ubiquitinated UV damage sites without leading to degradation: ubiquitination is facilitated by KIAA1530/UVSSA and promotes RNA pol IIo backtracking to allow access to the nucleotide excision repair machinery.
  Methylated at Arg-1810 by CARM1. Methylation occurs only when the CTD is hypophosphorylated, and phosphorylation at Ser-1805 and Ser-1808 prevent methylation (in vitro). It is assumed that methylation occurs prior to phosphorylation and transcription initiation. CTD methylation may facilitate the expression of select RNAs.
• Cellular localizationNucleus.

Target information above from: UniProt accession P24928 The UniProt Consortium
The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) in 2010
Nucleic Acids Res. 38:D142-D148 (2010) .

Information by UniProt
• Database links
  • Entrez Gene: 177190 Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Entrez Gene: 5430 Human
  • Entrez Gene: 20020 Mouse
  • Entrez Gene: 851415 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Omim: 180660 Human
  • SwissProt: P18616 Arabidopsis thaliana
  • SwissProt: P16356 Caenorhabditis elegans
  • SwissProt: P24928 Human

  • SwissProt: P08775 Mouse
  • Unigene: 270017 Human
  • Unigene: 16533 Mouse

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• Alternative names
  DNA directed RNA polymerase II A antibodyDNA-directed RNA polymerase II largest subunit antibodyDNA-directed RNA polymerase II largest subunit RNA polymerase II 220 kd subunit antibody

  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit A antibodyDNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1 antibodyDNA-directed RNA polymerase III largest subunit antibodyhRPB220 antibodyhsRPB1 antibodyPOLR2 antibodyPolr2a antibodyPOLRA antibodyPolymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide A 220kDa antibodyPolymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide A antibodyRNA pol II CTD antibodyRNA polymerase II subunit B1 antibodyRNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1 antibodyRPB1 antibodyRPB1_HUMAN antibodyRPBh1 antibodyRpIILS antibodyRPO2 antibodyRPOL2 antibody

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Anti-RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP Grade images

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  ChIP - RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP Grade (ab817)This image is courtesy of an Abreview submitted by Dr Szymon Swiezewski

  Various regions across the Actin2/7 loci were tested for the presence of RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS. A nuclear lysate from Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings was crosslinked using 1% formaldehyde for 30 seconds.  The ChIP was performed with 0.1 µg of ab817 per µg of chromatin; incubated together for 16 hours at 4°C.  The immunoprecipitated DNA was quantified by Real-Time PCR.  The bottom panel indicates the positive (ab817) and negative controls (no antibody) at region B3.

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  ChIP - RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP Grade (ab817)This image is a courtesy of Genpathway Inc

  Chromatin was prepared from nuclear lysate of the human MCF7 breast epithelial adenocarcinoma cells. The cross-linking (X-ChiP) technique was used, crosslinking was performed for 15 minutes in formaldehyde. The primary antibody was used in concentration of 0.2 µg/µg chromatin and incubated with the sample for 16 hours at 4°C in SDS, DOC, TritonX-100, EDTA, HEPES, NaCl. The immunoprecipitated DNA was quantified by real time PCR. Ct values were converted to DNA copy numbers using a standard curve in the Q-PCR step. The number of binding events detected for each test reaction was then calculated by taking into account the DNA copy number, cell equivalents of chromatin used in the ChIP and PCR, and primer pair amplification efficiency.

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  Flow Cytometry - Anti-RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPS antibody [8WG16] - ChIP Grade (ab817)
  Overlay histogram showing HeLa cells stained with ab817 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab817, 0.5µg/1x10⁶ cells) for 30 min at 22ºC. The secondary antibody used was DyLight® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) (ab96879) at 1/500 dilution for 30 min at 22ºC. Isotype control antibody (black line) was mouse IgG2a [ICIGG2A] (ab91361, 1µg/1x10⁶ cells) used under the same conditions. Acquisition of >5,000 events was performed.