Cysteine-string proteins are membrane-bound proteins associated primarily with nerve endings and synaptic vesicles in the brain where they serve an important role in presynaptic function and may be involved in calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release at nerve endings.
CSPs posses a strech of amino acids highly enriched in cysteine residues that are post-translationally palmitoylated.
CSPs may function as homodimers.
Applications:Suitable for use in Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot and Immunocytochemistry.
Other applications not tested.
Recommended Dilutions:Western Blot: 1:5000 non-reducing conditionOptimal dilution determined by the researcher.
Western Blot Technical Notes:CSPs should be resolved on a 12-15% SDS-PAGE gel under non-reducing conditions.
They usually migrate as 33-35kD species in vertebrates (a dimer at twice this mass may also be seen).
If one must use reducing conditions for gel samples, it is necessary to alkylate CSPs, otherwise they tend to smear.
To ensure proper identification of CSP, the fact that CSPs show a substantial shift in electrophoretic mobility (by about 6-7kD) after deacylation (using neutral hydroxylamine (1M) or 0.1M KOH in methanol) can be used.
Deacylation usually results in some loss of signal on immunoblot, so be sure to use enough protein.
Alternatively, all known CSPs are quite acidic (pH about 4.6-4.8), thus 2-dimensional gels can be useful to distinguish some CSPs.
Finally, note that some treatments cause partial deacylation of CSPs, which causes a smear of immunoreactivity to masses below that of the fatty acylated monomer.
Positive Control:Brain samples
Storage and Stability:May be stored at 4°C for short-term only.
Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Store at -20°C.
Aliquots are stable for 12 months after receipt.
For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap.
仕様
Size:50ul
Host:rabbit
Source Antibody:rat
Grade:Serum
Purity:Serum.
Form:Supplied as a liquid. No preservatives added.
Specificity:Recongizes rat Cysteine-string protein. Species Crossreactivity: All vertebrates including human, mouse and bovine.
Isotype:IgG
Calc Applications Abbrev:IC IHC WB
Calc Crossreactivity:Bo Hu Mo Rt
Immunogen:Recombinant rat cysteine-string protein with the cysteine string deleted.