Description
Storage
Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), 2 mM EDTA, 0.05% Triton X-100, 2 mg/mL BSA, and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody .
Protocol
Available protocols: Single Cell Analysis - InTraSeq™ 3'
Specificity / Sensitivity
Non-phospho (Active) β-Catenin (Ser33/37/Thr41) (D13A1) Rabbit mAb (InTraSeq™ 3' Conjugate 3115) recognizes endogenous β-catenin protein when residues Ser33, Ser37, and Thr41 are not phosphorylated. It does not detect β-catenin protein if tri-phosphorylated at Ser33/Ser37/Thr41. This antibody may also detect β-catenin protein when singly phosphorylated at Ser33.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser37 of human β-catenin protein.
Background
β-catenin is a key downstream effector in the Wnt signaling pathway (1). It is implicated in two major biological processes in vertebrates: early embryonic development (2) and tumorigenesis (3). CK1 phosphorylates β-catenin at Ser45. This phosphorylation event primes β-catenin for subsequent phosphorylation by GSK-3β (4-6). GSK-3β destabilizes β-catenin by phosphorylating it at Ser33, Ser37, and Thr41 (7). Mutations at these sites result in the stabilization of β-catenin protein levels and have been found in many tumor cell lines (8). Non-phospho (Active) β-Catenin (Ser33/37/Thr41) (D13A1) Rabbit mAb is designed to specifically recognize the stabilized form of β-catenin, i.e., protein that has not been phosphorylated by GSK-3, and thus is functionally active in cell-cell adhesion and/or the canonical Wnt signaling pathway.
Alternate Names
armadillo; Beta-catenin; catenin (cadherin-associated protein), beta 1, 88kDa; catenin beta 1; Catenin beta-1; CTNB1; CTNNB; CTNNB1; DKFZp686D02253; EVR7; FLJ25606; FLJ37923; MRD19; NEDSDV
