Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin): 1:100 - 1:400
Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized): 1:100 - 1:400
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. For a carrier free (BSA and azide free) version of this product see product # 63411 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin), Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized)
Specificity / Sensitivity
BiP (C50B12) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of total BiP protein.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse
Source / Purification
BiP (C50B12) Rabbit mAb is produced by immunizing rabbits with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly584 of human BiP.
Background
Secretory and transmembrane proteins are synthesized on polysomes and translocated into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Inside the ER, these proteins are often modified by disulfide bond formation, amino-linked glycosylation and folding. To help proteins fold properly, the ER contains a pool of molecular chaperones including BiP. BiP was identified as an immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein in pre-B cells (1,2). It was also found to be induced at the protein level by glucose starvation (3). When protein folding is disturbed inside ER, BiP synthesis is increased. Subsequently, BiP binds to misfolded proteins to prevent them from forming aggregates and assists in proper refolding (4).
Alternate Names
78 kDa glucose-regulated protein; Binding-immunoglobulin protein; BiP; Endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP; Endoplasmic reticulum lumenal Ca(2+)-binding protein grp78; epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 89n; FLJ26106; glucose-regulated protein, 78kDa; GRP-78; GRP78; Heat shock 70 kDa protein 5; heat shock 70kD protein 5 (glucose-regulated protein, 78kD); heat shock 70kDa protein 5 (glucose-regulated protein, 78kDa); Heat shock protein 70 family protein 5; heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5; Heat shock protein family A member 5; Heat-shock 70kD protein-5 (glucose-regulated protein, 78kD); HEL-S-89n; HSP70 family protein 5; HSPA5; Immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein; MIF2
