Human Histone H2A.Z peptide (ab11681)

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The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.

Applications

Blocking - Blocking peptide for Anti-Histone H2A.Z antibody - ChIP Grade (ab4174)
Form

Liquid
Additional notes

Synthetic peptide: C-SLIGKKGQQKT, corresponding to amino acids 116-126 of Human H2A.Z.
- First try to dissolve a small amount of peptide in either water or buffer. The more charged residues on a peptide, the more soluble it is in aqueous solutions.
- If the peptide doesn’t dissolve try an organic solvent e.g. DMSO, then dilute using water or buffer.
- Consider that any solvent used must be compatible with your assay. If a peptide does not dissolve and you need to recover it, lyophilise to remove the solvent.
- Gentle warming and sonication can effectively aid peptide solubilisation. If the solution is cloudy or has gelled the peptide may be in suspension rather than solubilised.
- Peptides containing cysteine are easily oxidised, so should be prepared in solution just prior to use.
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Stability and Storage

Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles.

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Alternative names
- H2A histone family member Z
- H2A.z
- H2A/z
- H2afz
- H2AZ
- H2AZ_HUMAN
- Histone H2A.Z
- MGC117173
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Function

Variant histone H2A which replaces conventional H2A in a subset of nucleosomes. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. May be involved in the formation of constitutive heterochromatin. May be required for chromosome segregation during cell division.
Sequence similarities

Belongs to the histone H2A family.
Post-translational
modifications

Monoubiquitination of Lys-122 gives a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression.
Acetylated on Lys-5, Lys-8 and Lys-12 during interphase. Acetylation disappears at mitosis.
Monomethylated on Lys-5 and Lys-8 by SETD6. SETD6 predominantly methylates Lys-8, lys-5 being a possible secondary site.
Not phosphorylated.
Cellular localization

Nucleus. Chromosome.
Target information above from: UniProt accession P0C0S5 The UniProt Consortium
The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) in 2010
Nucleic Acids Res. 38:D142-D148 (2010) .

Information by UniProt

Kafer GR et al. In Vitro Manipulation of Mammalian Preimplantation Embryos Can Alter Transcript Abundance of Histone Variants and Associated Factors. Cell Reprogram : (2011). WB . Read more (PubMed: 21827322) »

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