Rabbit Polyclonal mH2A1 antibody. Suitable for IHC-P, ChIP, WB, ICC/IF and reacts with Human, Mouse samples. Cited in 39 publications.
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H2AFY, MACROH2A1, Core histone macro-H2A.1, Histone macroH2A1, mH2A1, Histone H2A.y, Medulloblastoma antigen MU-MB-50.205, H2A/y
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (AB37264)
IHC image of mH2A1 staining in human skin FFPE section, performed on a Leica BondTM system using the standard protocol F. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH6, epitope retrieval solution 1) for 20 mins. The section was then incubated with ab37264, 5μg/ml, for 15 mins at room temperature and detected using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX.
- ICC/IF
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (AB37264)
ab37264 staining mH2A1 in HeLa cells. The cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (10 min), permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1%PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated overnight at 4°C with ab37264 at 1µg/ml and ab7291, Mouse monoclonal [DM1A] to alpha Tubulin - Loading Control. Cells were then incubated with ab150081, Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Rabbit IgG - H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488), pre-adsorbed at 1/1000 dilution (shown in green) and ab150120, Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Mouse IgG - H&L (Alexa Fluor® 594), pre-adsorbed at 1/1000 dilution (shown in pseudocolour red). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue). Also suitable in cells fixed with 100% methanol (5 min). Image was acquired with a high-content analyser (Operetta CLS, Perkin Elmer) and a maximum intensity projection of confocal sections is shown.
- WB
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Western blot - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (AB37264)
Lane 1 : Wild-type HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 μg)
Lane 2 : MH2A1 knockout HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 μg)
Lane 3 : HeLa whole cell lysate (20 μg)
Lane 4 : HepG2 whole cell lysate (20 μg)
Lanes 1 - 4 : Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab37264 observed at 40 kDa. Red - loading control, ab18058, observed at 130 kDa.
ab37264 was shown to specifically recognize MH2A1 in wild-type HAP1 cells along with additional cross reactive bands. No band was observed when MH2A1 knockout cells were examined. Wild-type and MH2A1 knockout samples were subjected to SDS-PAGE. ab37264 and ab18058 (Mouse anti Vinculin loading control) were incubated overnight at 4°C at 1 ug/ml and 1/10,000 dilution respectively. Blots were developed with Goat anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye® 800CW) preabsorbed (ab216773) and Goat anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye® 680RD) preabsorbed (ab216776) secondary antibodies at 1/10,000 dilution for 1 hour at room temperature before imaging.
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Western blot - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (ab37264)
Predicted band size: 40 kDa
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Western blot - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (AB37264)
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Western blot - Anti-mH2A1 antibody (ab37264) at 1 µg
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HeLa (Human epithelial carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg
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HepG2 (Human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg
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NIH 3T3 (Mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg
Secondary
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Western blot - Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) (<a href='/en-us/products/secondary-antibodies/goat-rabbit-igg-h-l-hrp-ab97051'>ab97051</a>) at 1/10000 dilution
Predicted band size: 40 kDa
Observed band size: 100 kDa,40 kDa
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Exposure time: 16min
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Biological function summary
MH2A1 plays significant roles in chromatin remodeling and gene expression regulation. It is part of the nucleosome replacing canonical histone H2A and influencing the accessibility of chromatin to transcriptional machinery. Through this function mH2A1 can repress or activate gene expression depending on cellular context and interacting partners. Its incorporation into chromatin is associated with the silencing of certain genomic regions such as inactive X chromosome in females with potential implications for epigenetic modifications and cellular differentiation.
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MH2A1 is notably involved in pathways regulating chromatin organization and cell differentiation. It plays a role in the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) pathway affecting histone methylation and gene silencing. Furthermore mH2A1 interacts with proteins like EZH2 in PRC2 which carry out methylation at histone H3 on lysine 27. These interactions highlight mH2A1's involvement in maintaining repressive chromatin states and controlling gene expression patterns important for normal cell function.
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Nature cell biology 27:1482-1495 PubMed40921734
2025
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BMC biology 22:188 PubMed39218869
2024
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Nature cell biology 25:1332-1345 PubMed37605008
2023
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Communications biology 6:215 PubMed36823213
2023
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Cancer research 82:2887-2903 PubMed35731019
2022
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eLife 11: PubMed35259090
2022
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Science advances 8:eabe4375 PubMed35171666
2022
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Cell reports 36:109626 PubMed34469727
2021
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Nature communications 12:3520 PubMed34112784
2021
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EMBO reports 22:e52150 PubMed34046991
2021
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