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AB185031

Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker

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Rabbit Recombinant Monoclonal Alpha-tubulin 4 antibody - conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 488. Microtubule marker. Suitable for ICC/IF, Flow Cyt (Intra), IHC-P and reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat samples. Cited in 10 publications.

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TUBA1, TUBA4A, Tubulin alpha-4A chain, Alpha-tubulin 1, Testis-specific alpha-tubulin, Tubulin H2-alpha, Tubulin alpha-1 chain

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)
  • ICC/IF

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)

ab185031 staining alpha Tubulin in HeLa cells by ICC/IF (Immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence). Cells were fixed with formaldehyde, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in 1X PBS and blocked with 2% BSA for 30 minutes at 25°C. Samples were incubated with primary antibody (1/100) for 1 hour at 25°C.

This image is courtesy of an Abreview submitted by Shijian Zhang

Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)
  • Flow Cyt (Intra)

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Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)

Overlay histogram showing HeLa cells stained with ab185031 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 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 (ab185031, 1/500 dilution) for 30 min at 22°C. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (monoclonal) Alexa Fluor® 488 used at the same concentration and conditions as the primary antibody. Unlabelled sample (blue line) was also used as a control.

Acquisition of >5,000 events were collected using a 20mW Argon ion laser (488nm) and 525/30 bandpass filter.

This antibody gave a positive signal in HeLa fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min)/permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 20 min used under the same conditions.

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)
  • ICC/IF

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)

ab185031 staining alpha-Tubulin in HeLa cells. The cells were fixed with 100% methanol (5min) and then blocked in 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated with ab185031 at a working dilution of 1 in 100 overnight at +4°C (shown in green). Alexa Fluor® 350 WGA was used at a 1/200 dilution and incubated for 1h with the cells, to label plasma membranes (shown in blue). Nuclear DNA was labelled in red with 1.25 μM DRAQ5™ (ab108410).

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)
  • ICC/IF

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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)

Immunofluorescent analysis of 4% Paraformaldehyde-fixed, 0.1% TritonX-100 permeabilized HUVEC (human umbilical vein endothelial cell) cells labelling CD63 with ab322728 at 1/50 (10.0 ug/ml) dilution (Green).

Confocal image showing cytoplasmic staining in HUVEC cells (shown in magenta). The counterstain was observed in green. Nuclear DNA was labeled with DAPI (shown in blue).
Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

ab185031 Recombinant Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (ab185031) was used to counterstain tubulin at 1/200 2.5ug/ml dilution (Magenta). The Nuclear counterstain was DAPI (Blue).

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (AB185031)

Immunofluorescent analysis of 4% Paraformaldehyde-fixed, 0.1% TritonX-100 permeabilized SK-MEL-28 (human malignant melanoma cell) cells labelling CD63 with ab322728 at 1/50 (10.0 ug/ml) dilution (Green).

Confocal image showing cytoplasmic staining in SK-MEL-28 cell line(shown in magenta). The counterstain was observed in green. Nuclear DNA was labeled with DAPI (shown in blue).
Low expression : Jurkat
Image was taken with a confocal microscope(Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

ab185031 Recombinant Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker (ab185031) was used to counterstain tubulin at 1/200 2.5ug/ml dilution (Magenta). The Nuclear counterstain was DAPI (Blue).

  • 665 Alexa Fluor® 647

    Alexa Fluor® 647 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker

  • 578 PE

    PE Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker

  • 617 Alexa Fluor® 594

    Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker

  • 565 Alexa Fluor® 555

    Alexa Fluor® 555 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Microtubule Marker

  • Unconjugated

    Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - Loading Control

  • Carrier free

    Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [EP1332Y] - BSA and Azide free

Key facts

Host species

Rabbit

Clonality

Monoclonal

Clone number

EP1332Y

Isotype

IgG

Conjugation

Alexa Fluor® 488

Excitation/Emission

Ex: 495nm, Em: 519nm

Carrier free

No

Reacts with

Human, Human, Mouse, Rat

Applications

Flow Cyt (Intra), ICC/IF, IHC-P

applications

Immunogen

The exact immunogen used to generate this antibody is proprietary information.

Reactivity data

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Product details

Patented technology
Our RabMAb® technology is a patented hybridoma-based technology for making rabbit monoclonal antibodies. For details on our patents, please refer to RabMAb® patents.

Alexa Fluor® is a registered trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc, a Thermo Fisher Scientific Company. The Alexa Fluor® dye included in this product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye, the purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased product and components of the product only in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye the sale of this product is expressly conditioned on the buyer not using the product or its components, or any materials made using the product or its components, in any activity to generate revenue, which may include, but is not limited to use of the product or its components: in manufacturing; (ii) to provide a service, information, or data in return for payment (iii) for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; or (iv) for resale, regardless of whether they are sold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than research, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@thermofisher.com.

Properties and storage information

Form
Liquid
Purification technique
Affinity purification Protein A
Storage buffer
pH: 7.4 Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide Constituents: PBS, 30% Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine), 1% BSA
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|Stable for 12 months at -20°C|Store in the dark

Supplementary information

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

Alpha tubulin also known as DM1A is an important component of the structural unit called microtubules. This protein weighs approximately 50 kDa and acts as a building block in the cytoskeleton. Alpha tubulin is expressed in various cell types across many organisms playing a fundamental role in maintaining cell shape and enabling intracellular transport. Researchers often acetylate alpha tubulin to study post-translational modifications and its effects on microtubule dynamics.
Biological function summary

Alpha tubulin combines with beta tubulin to form the tubulin dimer which is the basic unit of microtubule polymerization. These dimers assemble into microtubule filaments integral in numerous cellular processes. As part of the cytoskeleton network alpha tubulin facilitates roles in mitosis and meiosis providing spindle structures necessary for chromosome separation. Its participation in cell signaling pathways is noteworthy as it interacts with motor proteins like kinesins and dyneins to aid cellular activities.

Pathways

Alpha tubulin holds critical roles in microtubule-associated processes within the cytoskeleton and intracellular transport pathways. It interacts with the MAP (microtubule-associated protein) family which modulates microtubule stability and impacts cell division and trafficking. Moreover the microtubule pathway involves proteins like tau which bind to stabilize microtubules and are implicated in cellular dynamics and signaling.

Alpha tubulin is relevant in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Aberrant modifications or mutations in alpha tubulin or associated proteins like tau can disrupt microtubule stability contributing to pathological conditions. In cancer altered expression of alpha tubulin affects cell division leading to tumor progression and chemoresistance. Researchers study alpha tubulin using techniques such as immunofluorescence with Alexa fluor 555 to understand its role in disease better.

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Target data

Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. Microtubules grow by the addition of GTP-tubulin dimers to the microtubule end, where a stabilizing cap forms. Below the cap, tubulin dimers are in GDP-bound state, owing to GTPase activity of alpha-tubulin.
See full target information TUBA4A

Publications (10)

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Molecular pharmacology 101:371-380 PubMed35236771

2022

The Synthetic Cannabinoid WIN55,212-2 Can Disrupt the Golgi Apparatus Independent of Cannabinoid Receptor-1.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Joshua Lott,Emily M Jutkiewicz,Manojkumar A Puthenveedu

Anticancer research 33:4463-8 PubMed24123016

2013

Activity of LaSOM 65, a monastrol-derived compound, against glioblastoma multiforme cell lines.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Cristiane Santos Stuepp,Fabrício Figueiró,Franciane Brackmann Mendes,Elizandra Braganhol,Andressa Bernardi,Rudimar Luiz Frozza,Christianne Gazzana Salbego,Rômulo Faria Santos Canto,Dennis Russowsky,Vera Lucia Eifler-Lima,Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini

PloS one 8:e73890 PubMed23967353

2013

Microtubule-associated type II protein kinase A is important for neurite elongation.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Yung-An Huang,Jun-Wei Kao,Dion Tzu-Huan Tseng,Wen-Shin Chen,Ming-Han Chiang,Eric Hwang

Genome research 23:1563-79 PubMed23893515

2013

Sumoylation at chromatin governs coordinated repression of a transcriptional program essential for cell growth and proliferation.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Hélène Neyret-Kahn,Moussa Benhamed,Tao Ye,Stéphanie Le Gras,Jack-Christophe Cossec,Pierre Lapaquette,Oliver Bischof,Maia Ouspenskaia,Mary Dasso,Jacob Seeler,Irwin Davidson,Anne Dejean

Molecular cancer research : MCR 10:689-702 PubMed22513363

2012

Heparanase-induced GEF-H1 signaling regulates the cytoskeletal dynamics of brain metastatic breast cancer cells.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Lon D Ridgway,Michael D Wetzel,Jason A Ngo,Anat Erdreich-Epstein,Dario Marchetti

Clinical proteomics 8:15 PubMed21933451

2011

Morphological changes in diabetic kidney are associated with increased O-GlcNAcylation of cytoskeletal proteins including α-actinin 4.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Yoshihiro Akimoto,Yuri Miura,Tosifusa Toda,Margreet A Wolfert,Lance Wells,Geert-Jan Boons,Gerald W Hart,Tamao Endo,Hayato Kawakami

PLoS biology 8:e1000407 PubMed20613858

2010

Human mucosal associated invariant T cells detect bacterially infected cells.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Marielle C Gold,Stefania Cerri,Susan Smyk-Pearson,Meghan E Cansler,Todd M Vogt,Jacob Delepine,Ervina Winata,Gwendolyn M Swarbrick,Wei-Jen Chua,Yik Y L Yu,Olivier Lantz,Matthew S Cook,Megan D Null,David B Jacoby,Melanie J Harriff,Deborah A Lewinsohn,Ted H Hansen,David M Lewinsohn

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107:264-9 PubMed20018759

2009

miR-221 overexpression contributes to liver tumorigenesis.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Pascal Pineau,Stefano Volinia,Katherine McJunkin,Agnès Marchio,Carlo Battiston,Benoît Terris,Vincenzo Mazzaferro,Scott W Lowe,Carlo M Croce,Anne Dejean

Nephron. Experimental nephrology 114:e93-e106 PubMed19955829

2009

Rac1 contributes to actin organization in glomerular podocytes.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Ortal Attias,Ruihua Jiang,Lamine Aoudjit,Hiroshi Kawachi,Tomoko Takano

The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : 56:1113-9 PubMed18796406

2008

Class III beta-tubulin is a component of the mitotic spindle in multiple cell types.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Eeva-Mari Jouhilahti,Sirkku Peltonen,Juha Peltonen
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