Description:RecombinantmonoclonalantibodytoRhodopsin.ManufacturedusingAbAb’sRecombinantPlatformwithvariableregions(i.e.specificity)fromthehybridomaRho1D4.ThisantibodywascreatedusingourproprietaryFcSilent™engineeredFcdomaincontainingkeypointmutationsthatabrogatebindingtoFcgammareceptors.
ThischimericratantibodywasmadeusingthevariabledomainsequencesoftheoriginalmouseIgG1formatforimprovedcompatibilitywithexistingreagents,assaysandtechniques.
SpeciesandIsotype:RatIgG1,FcSilent™,kappa
CloneNumber:Rho1D4
UniProtAccessionNumberofTargetProtein:P08100
AlternativeName(s)ofTarget:VisualPurple
PublishedApplication(s):R
ADIoimmunelabeling;WB;
ELISA;IP;IF;IHC
PublishedSpeciesReactivity:Mouse;Rat;Cow;Human,Zebrafish,Amphibians
Immunogen:Bleachedbovinerodoutersegment(ROS).
Specificity:TheantibodybindstotheC-terminusofrhodopsinonthecytoplasmicsideofdiskmembranes.Theepitopehasthefollowingaminoacidsequence:"TETSQVAPA".Alimitationofthe1D4tag,however,isthatithastobeplacedattheC-terminusofaprotein.ThisisbecausetheRho1D4monoclonalantibodyrequiresafreecarboxylategroupforhighaffinitybinding.AmidationofthecarboxylgrouplowersitsimmunoreactivitytotheRho1D4antibodybyover100fold.
ApplicationNotes:TheantibodybindstotheC-terminusofrhodopsinonthecytoplasmicsideofdiskmembranes.RhodopsinisthemajorpigmentinrodphotoreceptorsandbelongstothefamilyofG-protein-coupledreceptors(GPCRs).Thelinearepitope(TETSQVAPA)canbeusedasaproteintag.
AntibodyFirstPublishedin:Moldayetal.1983Monoclonalantibodiestorhodopsin:characterization,corss-reactivity,andapplicatoinassturcturalprobes.Biochemistry,1983;22(3):653-660PMID:6188482
Noteonpublication:Describesthegenerationoftwomonoclonalantibodiesfromhybridoma.
ProductForm
Purification:ProteinAaffinitypurified
Suppliedin:PBSwithpreservative(0.02%Proclin300)
StorageRecommendation:Storeat4°Cforupto3months.Forlongertermstoragealiquotintosmallvolumesandstoreat-20°C
Concentration:Seeviallabel.
Importantnote–Thisproductisforresearchuseonly.Itisnotintendedforuseintherapeuticordiagnosticproceduresforhumansoranimals.