Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin Antibody detects endogenous levels of ezrin, radixin and moesin. This antibody does not cross-react with related proteins such as merlin or band 4.1.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey, Bovine
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the residues surrounding Thr567 of human ezrin. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
The ezrin, radixin, and moesin (ERM) proteins function as linkers between the plasma membrane and the actin cytoskeleton and are involved in cell adhesion, membrane ruffling, and microvilli formation (1). ERM proteins undergo intra or intermolecular interaction between their amino- and carboxy-terminal domains, existing as inactive cytosolic monomers or dimers (2). Phosphorylation at a carboxy-terminal threonine residue (Thr567 of ezrin, Thr564 of radixin, Thr558 of moesin) disrupts the amino- and carboxy-terminal association and may play a key role in regulating ERM protein conformation and function (3,4). Phosphorylation at Thr567 of ezrin is required for cytoskeletal rearrangements and oncogene-induced transformation (5). Ezrin is also phosphorylated at tyrosine residues upon growth factor stimulation. Phosphorylation of Tyr353 of ezrin transmits a survival signal during epithelial differentiation (6).
Alternate Names
CVIL; CVL; Cytovillin; cytovillin 2; DFNB24; DKFZp762H157; epididymis luminal protein 70; epididymis secretory protein Li 105; EZR; EZRI; Ezrin; FLJ26216; HEL-S-105; HEL70; IMD50; Membrane-organizing extension spike protein; MGC1584; MOES; Moesin; MSN; p81; RADI; Radixin; RDX; VIL2; villin 2 (ezrin); Villin-2
