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AB9108

Anti-6X His tag® antibody

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(215 Publications)

Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody detecting 6X His tag® in Western Blot, IP, ICC/IF, ELISA, ChIP.

- Over 160 publications
- Trusted since 2002

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6 His epitope tag, HHHHHH epitope tag, HHHHHH tag, Hexa His tag, Polyhistidine Tag, 6x his, 6x-HIS

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
  • ICC/IF

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

ab9108 staining CACNB3 with His tag expressed in HEK293 cells by ICC/IF (Immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence). Cells were fixed with paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with 0.5% Triton X-100 and blocked with 5% serum for 20 minutes at 25°C. Samples were incubated with primary antibody (1/500 in 1% goat serum, 0.1% TX100 and PBS) for 16 hours at 4°C. An Alexa Fluor® 488-conjugated Goat anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal was used as the secondary antibody (1/750).

This image is courtesy of Vladimir Milenkovic

ChIP - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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ChIP - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

A stably transfected 293T human cell line harbouring the GAL4 upstream activation sequence was transiently transfected with a Myc or His - tagged GAL4 DNA Binding Domain construct. 48 hours post transfection Chromatin was prepared according to the Abcam X-ChIP protocol. The ChIP was performed with 25 ug chromatin, 5ug of antibody and 20 ul of Protein A/G beads. A non-specific antibody was used as the negative control. The immunoprecipitated DNA was quantified by real time PCR (SYBR Green approach).

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

Immunofluorescent analysis of 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) -fixed, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in CHO cells transfected with 12 tags constructs (CHO-12 tags) labelling 6xHIS with ab9108 at 1/1000 dilution (1µg/mL), followed by Donkey Anti-rabbit IgG (H&L), Alexa Fluor® 594 antibody at 1/500 dilution (4 µg/mL) (Red). Nucleus was counterstained with DAPI (Blue). Bottom panel images showed Parallel staining in parental CHO cell line.

Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

Use of ab9108 in western blotting at 1 : 1000 against Epitope Tag Positive Control lysate (ab4524).
Lane 1 : 2 µl lysate
Lane 2 : 1 µl lysate
Lane 3 : 0.5 µl lysate
Lane 4 : 0.25 µl lysate Use of ab9108 in western blotting at 1 : 1000 against E.coli Positive Control (Escherichia coli ) Whole Cell Lysate - expressing 11 different epitope tag (ab5395). Lane 1 : 2 µl lysate Lane 2 : 1 µl lysate Lane 3 : 0.5 µl lysate Lane 4 : 0.25 µl lysate

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108)

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) at 1/4000 dilution

Lane 1:

HeLa whole cell lysate - transfected with empty vector at 10 µg

Lane 2:

HeLa whole cell lysate - transfected with His-tagged gene at 10 µg

Secondary

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HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal at 1/5000 dilution

Observed band size: 35 kDa

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Exposure time: 30s

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

Lane 1 and 4 : Molecular weight Standards. Primary and secondary antibody incubation at RT for 1 hour.

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) at 1 µg/mL

Lane 1:

Purified 12-Tag at 2 µg

Lane 2:

Purified 12-Tag at 0.2 µg

Lane 3:

The cell lysates of CHO-12 Tags at 1 µg

Lane 4:

The cell lysates of CHO at 2 µg

Secondary

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Goat anti-rabbit, HRP conjugated at 0.2 µg/mL

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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)
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Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (AB9108)

Lanes 1 - 5 :  Green – ab282749 at 1 in 500 dilution, observed from 120 – 180 kDa
Lanes 6 - 8 :  Red – Rabbit polyclonal to 6X His tag® (ab9108) at 1 in 1000 dilution, observed from 120 – 160 kDa

Lanes 9 & 10 : Black – Goat polyclonal to DDDDK tag (Binds to FLAG® tag sequence) at 1 μg/mL, observed at 180 kDa

ab282749 was shown to bind specifically to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteins in Western blot. Samples were run on an SDS-PAGE gel then transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane. Membranes were blocked in 3 % milk in TBS-0.1 % Tween® 20 (TBS-T) before incubation with primary antibodies overnight at 4°C. Blots were washed four times in TBS-T, incubated with secondary antibodies for 1 h at room temperature, washed again four times then imaged.

Blocking buffer : 3% milk in TBS-0.1% Tween® 20 (TBS-T).

Lanes 1 - 5:

Western blot - Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein S1 antibody [8B12-C2] - BSA and Azide free (<a href='/en-us/products/primary-antibodies/sars-cov-2-spike-glycoprotein-s1-antibody-8b12-c2-bsa-and-azide-free-ab282749'>ab282749</a>) at 1/500 dilution

Lanes 6 - 8:

Western blot - Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) at 1/1000 dilution

Lanes 9 - 10:

Goat polyclonal to DDDDK tag at 1 µg/mL

Lanes 1 and 6:

Western blot - Recombinant human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein S1 (Active) (<a href='/en-us/products/proteins-peptides/recombinant-human-coronavirus-sars-cov-2-spike-glycoprotein-s1-active-ab273068'>ab273068</a>) at 0.5 µg

Lanes 2 and 7:

SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) Spike S1+S2 ECD-His Recombinant Protein at 0.2 µg

Lanes 3 and 8:

SARS-CoV Spike S1+S2 ECD-His Recombinant Protein at 0.2 µg

Lanes 4 and 9:

SARS-CoV-2 3xFlag Spike Protein Transfected Expi whole cell lysate at 20 µg

Lanes 5 and 10:

SARS-CoV 3xFlag Spike Protein Transfected Expi whole cell lysate at 20 µg

Secondary

Lanes 1 - 5:

Western blot - Donkey anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye® 680RD) preadsorbed (<a href='/en-us/products/secondary-antibodies/donkey-mouse-igg-h-l-irdye-680rd-preadsorbed-ab216778'>ab216778</a>) at 1/20000 dilution

Lanes 6 - 8:

Western blot - Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye® 680RD) preadsorbed (<a href='/en-us/products/secondary-antibodies/goat-rabbit-igg-h-l-irdye-680rd-preadsorbed-ab216777'>ab216777</a>) at 1/20000 dilution

Lanes 9 - 10:

Western blot - Donkey anti-Goat IgG H&L (IRDye® 800CW) preadsorbed (<a href='/en-us/products/secondary-antibodies/donkey-goat-igg-h-l-irdye-800cw-preadsorbed-ab216775'>ab216775</a>) at 1/20000 dilution

Observed band size: 120-180 kDa,120-160 kDa,180 kDa

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Key facts

Host species

Rabbit

Clonality

Polyclonal

Isotype

IgG

Carrier free

No

Applications

ICC/IF, WB, ChIP, ELISA

applications

Specificity

ELISA: Antibody specificity was verified by ELISA against peptide conjugated to BSA (HHHHHH-BSA). A 1:25,000 dilution of the antibody gave an OD=1.0 in a 15 minute reaction using HRP-conjugated Goat anti-Rabbit IgG at 1:20,000 and TMB as the substrate. Appropriate specificity controls were run.

Reactivity data

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Product details

Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody and is validated for use in ChIP, ELISA, ICC/IF, WB in human, mouse, rat samples.

Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) has been cited over 165 times in peer reviewed journals and is trusted by the scientific community.

Abcam's high quality validation processes ensure Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) has high sensitivity and specificity.

Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) has 25 independent reviews from customers.

6X His tag® antibodies are used to visualize proteins labelled with this tag in a variety of applications (for example imaging and Flow cytometry). To enable specific detection of your tagged protein, Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) has been validated in ChIP, ELISA, ICC/IF, WB 25 165

Anti-6X His tag® antibody (ab9108) specifically detects 6X His tag® (UniProt ID: P26367; Molecular weight: 47kDa) and is sold in 100 µg selling sizes.

This antibody recognizes both C-terminal and N-terminal tags.
Abcam recommended secondaries - Goat Anti-Rabbit HRP (ab205718) and Goat Anti-Rabbit Alexa Fluor® 488 (ab150077). Or search our wide range of secondary antibodies for use with your experiment.

HIS-TAG® is a trademark of EMD Biosciences, Inc.

Properties and storage information

Form
Liquid
Purification technique
Affinity purification Immunogen
Storage buffer
pH: 7.2 Preservative: 0.1% Sodium azide Constituents: PBS
Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage duration
1-2 weeks
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
+4°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
-20°C
Aliquoting information
Upon delivery aliquot
Storage information
Avoid freeze / thaw cycle

Supplementary information

This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.

The 6X His tag is a sequence commonly used for protein purification detection and immobilization. It consists of six histidine residues that bind to metal ions like nickel or cobalt. This makes it a highly efficient tag for affinity chromatography. His tag antibodies such as anti-His HRP facilitate the detection of His-tagged proteins in various assays. Being a small tag with a typical molecular weight of about 0.84 kDa it minimally interferes with protein function. Many proteins expressed in E. coli and other expression systems carry the 6X His tag for ease of purification and analysis.
Biological function summary

Proteins tagged with the 6X His tag often play roles in studies involving recombinant proteins. The tag itself does not alter the biological function of the target protein. It is not part of any natural protein complex but aids in the study of such complexes. Researchers use His tag antibodies like anti-His to specifically target and study these tagged proteins without cross-reactivity to other proteins.

Pathways

The incorporation of the 6X His tag into proteins allows them to be studied more efficiently in various biological pathways. It can be part of pathways like signal transduction or metabolic pathways. When tagged proteins interact with other molecules such as kinases or receptors researchers can track these interactions using the tag and anti-Histidine antibodies. This technique informs on proteins that are hard to purify due to low abundance or instability.

The 6X His tag itself does not have direct implications. However proteins of interest in disease models often carry the tag which allows researchers to purify and study them in detail. For example cancer-related proteins may be expressed with a His tag to understand their role in tumorigenesis. Similarly proteins involved in metabolic disorders could be tagged which helps in analyzing specific interactions or functions disrupted in diseases.

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Publications (215)

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Profiling of HIV-1 elite neutralizer cohort reveals a CD4bs bnAb for HIV-1 prevention and therapy.

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Elementary 3D organization of active and silenced E. coli genome.

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Direct interaction of HMGB1 with SARS-CoV-2 facilitates its infection via RAGE-dependent endocytosis.

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