Thermo Fisher Scientific Tubulin-b Monoclonal Antibody (ABM323)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Tubulin-b Monoclonal Antibody (ABM323)

Applications and Tested Dilution

Product Specifications

Product Specific Information

• Positive control: Lung tissue, HeLa cells
• Cellular location: Cytoplasmic

Target Information

Beta tubulins are one of two core protein families (alpha and beta tubulins) that heterodimerize and assemble to form microtubules. Beta-III tubulin is primarily expressed in neurons and may be involved in neurogenesis, axon guidance, and maintenance. Mutations in the beta tubulin gene are associated with congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 3.
Beta-III tubulin is also detected in Sertoli cells and transiently in non-neuronal embryonic tissues. Tubulin can be modified by glutamylation at its C-terminal glutamate residues, though the functional significance is unclear.
Tubulin is phosphorylated on Ser-172 by CDK1 during cell cycle progression, which inhibits incorporation into microtubules. Microtubules, composed of alpha and beta tubulin dimers (~55 kDa each), are essential for mitotic chromosome segregation, intracellular transport, ciliary and flagellar movement, and cytoskeletal structure.
Because beta-tubulin is ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells, it is frequently used as a loading control in protein detection assays such as Western blotting.

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