Biotin Anti-Fibrinogen Alpha Chain antibody (ab48256)
Key features and details
- Biotin Rabbit polyclonal to Fibrinogen Alpha Chain
- Suitable for: ELISA
- Reacts with: Human
- Conjugation: Biotin
- Isotype: IgG
Overview
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Product name
Biotin Anti-Fibrinogen Alpha Chain antibody
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Description
Biotin Rabbit polyclonal to Fibrinogen Alpha Chain -
Host species
Rabbit -
Conjugation
Biotin -
Tested applications
Suitable for: ELISAmore details -
Species reactivity
Reacts with: Human
Predicted to work with: Macaque monkey -
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide corresponding to Human Fibrinogen Alpha Chain aa 1-100 conjugated to keyhole limpet haemocyanin.
Database link: P02671 -
General notes
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Properties
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Form
Liquid -
Storage instructions
Shipped at 4°C. Store at +4°C short term (1-2 weeks). Store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycle. -
Storage buffer
pH: 7.50
Preservative: 0.01% Thimerosal (merthiolate)
Constituents: PBS, 50% Glycerol -
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Purity
Protein G purified -
Clonality
Polyclonal -
Isotype
IgG -
Research areas
Associated products
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Isotype control
Applications
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Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab48256 in the following tested applications.
The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.
Application | Abreviews | Notes |
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ELISA |
Use at an assay dependent concentration.
The antibody sensitivity is at 500 pg/ml. |
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ELISA
Use at an assay dependent concentration. The antibody sensitivity is at 500 pg/ml. |
Target
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Function
Fibrinogen has a double function: yielding monomers that polymerize into fibrin and acting as a cofactor in platelet aggregation. -
Tissue specificity
Plasma. -
Involvement in disease
Defects in FGA are a cause of congenital afibrinogenemia (CAFBN) [MIM:202400]. This is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Note=The majority of cases of afibrinogenemia are due to truncating mutations. Variations in position Arg-35 (the site of cleavage of fibrinopeptide a by thrombin) leads to alpha-dysfibrinogenemias.
Defects in FGA are a cause of amyloidosis type 8 (AMYL8) [MIM:105200]; also known as systemic non-neuropathic amyloidosis or Ostertag-type amyloidosis. AMYL8 is a hereditary generalized amyloidosis due to deposition of apolipoprotein A1, fibrinogen and lysozyme amyloids. Viscera are particularly affected. There is no involvement of the nervous system. Clinical features include renal amyloidosis resulting in nephrotic syndrome, arterial hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly, cholestasis, petechial skin rash. -
Sequence similarities
Contains 1 fibrinogen C-terminal domain. -
Domain
A long coiled coil structure formed by 3 polypeptide chains connects the central nodule to the C-terminal domains (distal nodules). The long C-terminal ends of the alpha chains fold back, contributing a fourth strand to the coiled coil structure. -
Post-translational
modificationsThe alpha chain is not glycosylated.
Forms F13A-mediated cross-links between a glutamine and the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue, forming fibronectin-fibrinogen heteropolymers.
About one-third of the alpha chains in the molecules in blood were found to be phosphorylated.
Conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin is triggered by thrombin, which cleaves fibrinopeptides A and B from alpha and beta chains, and thus exposes the N-terminal polymerization sites responsible for the formation of the soft clot. The soft clot is converted into the hard clot by factor XIIIA which catalyzes the epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)lysine cross-linking between gamma chains (stronger) and between alpha chains (weaker) of different monomers.
Phosphorylation sites are present in the extracelllular medium. -
Cellular localization
Secreted. - Information by UniProt
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Database links
- Entrez Gene: 2243 Human
- Omim: 134820 Human
- SwissProt: P02671 Human
- Unigene: 351593 Human
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Alternative names
- Ac1873 antibody
- Fba5e antibody
- FGA antibody
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Datasheets and documents
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SDS download
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Datasheet download
References (0)
ab48256 has not yet been referenced specifically in any publications.