Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Immunoprecipitation: 1:50
Immunofluorescence (Frozen): 1:50 - 1:100
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry): 1:200 - 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 # 27317 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation, Immunofluorescence (Frozen), Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)
Specificity / Sensitivity
Calpain 2 Large Subunit (M-type) (E3M6E) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total calpain 2 (large subunit) protein.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the amino terminus of human calpain 2 (large subunit) protein.
Background
Calpain is a calcium-dependent thiol proteinase that is functionally active as a heterodimer composed of a small regulatory subunit and one of at least two large catalytic subunits (calpain 1 or calpain 2). , calpain 1 (mu-calpain) requires micromolar levels of calcium, while calpain 2 (M-calpain) requires millimolar levels of calcium for activation. The regulation of calpain is the subject of many current studies, which suggest that proteolytic activity is regulated post-transcriptionally by mechanisms such as calcium requirements, subcellular localization of the heterodimer, phosphorylation via the EGFR-Erk signaling cascade, endogenous inhibitors (calpastatin), and autoproteolytic cleavage (1). Calpastatin negatively regulates autoproteolytic cleavage of calpain 1 between Gly27 and Leu28 (2). Calpain influences cell migration by modifying rather than degrading its substrates responsible for cell adhesion and cytoskeletal arrangement. Control of calpain activity has caught the attention of drug development since limiting its activity could mute invasiveness of tumors or chronic inflammation (1).
Alternate Names
Calcium-activated neutral proteinase 2; Calpain 2; calpain 2, (m/II) large subunit; calpain 2, large [catalytic] subunit; calpain 2, large subunit; Calpain large polypeptide L2; Calpain M-type; Calpain-2; Calpain-2 catalytic subunit; Calpain-2 large subunit; calpain, large polypeptide L2; CAN2; CANP 2; CANP2; CANPL2; CANPml; CAPN2; FLJ39928; M-calpain; mCANP; Millimolar-calpain
