Description
Product Usage Information
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry): 1:100 - 1:400
Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized): 1:100 - 1:400
Flow Cytometry (Live): 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 # 48019 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry), Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized), Flow Cytometry (Live)
Specificity / Sensitivity
Met (L6E7) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total Met protein.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with mammalian cells expressing an amino terminal fragment of c-Met protein.
Background
Met, a high affinity tyrosine kinase receptor for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF, also known as scatter factor) is a disulfide-linked heterodimer made of 45 kDa α- and 145 kDa β-subunits (1,2). The α-subunit and the amino-terminal region of the β-subunit form the extracellular domain. The remainder of the β-chain spans the plasma membrane and contains a cytoplasmic region with tyrosine kinase activity. Interaction of Met with HGF results in autophosphorylation at multiple tyrosines, which recruit several downstream signaling components, including Gab1, c-Cbl, and PI3 kinase (3). These fundamental events are important for all of the biological functions involving Met kinase activity. The addition of a phosphate at cytoplasmic Tyr1003 is essential for Met protein ubiquitination and degradation (4). Phosphorylation at Tyr1234/1235 in the Met kinase domain is critical for kinase activation. Phosphorylation at Tyr1349 in the Met cytoplasmic domain provides a direct binding site for Gab1 (5). Research studies have shown that altered Met levels and/or tyrosine kinase activities are found in several types of tumors, including renal, colon, and breast. Thus, investigators have concluded that Met is an attractive potential cancer therapeutic and diagnostic target (6,7).
Alternate Names
AUTS9; c-Met; DFNB97; Hepatocyte growth factor receptor; HGF receptor; HGF/SF receptor; HGFR; MET; met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth factor receptor); met proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase; MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase; oncogene MET; Proto-oncogene c-Met; RCCP2; Scatter factor receptor; SF receptor; Tyrosine-protein kinase Met
