Product Name: Pannexin-2
Product Number: AB-NN301-1
Size: 25 µg      Price:89.00
      $US
Target Full Name: Pannexin-2

Target Alias: Pannexin 2; PANX2; PX2; hPANX2; MGC119432

Product Type Specific: Intercellular junction protein pan-specific antibody

Antibody Code: NN301-1

Antibody Target Type: Pan-specific

Protein UniProt: Q96RD6

Protein SigNET: Q96RD6

Antibody Type: Monoclonal

Antibody Host Species: Mouse

Antibody Ig Isotype Clone: IgG1

Antibody Immunogen Source: Fusion protein amino acids 11-664 (all but first 10 amino acids, encompassing extracellular and cytoplasmic domains) of rat Pannexin-2
Production Method: Protein G purified

Antibody Modification: Unconjugated. Contact KInexus if you are interest in having the antibody biotinylated or coupled with fluorescent dyes.

Antibody Concentration: 1 mg/ml

Storage Buffer: Phosphate buffered saline pH7.4, 50% glycerol, 0.09% sodium azide

Storage Conditions: For long term storage, keep frozen at -40°C or lower. Stock solution can be kept at +4°C for more than 3 months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Product Use: Western blotting | Immunohistochemistry

Antibody Dilution Recommended: WB (1:1000); optimal dilutions for assays should be determined by the user.

Antibody Potency: In mouse brain lysates, this antibody detects a ~70 kDa protein by Western blotting.

Antibody Species Reactivity: Rat

Antibody Positive Control: 1 µg/ml of SMC-420 was sufficient for detection of Pannexin-2 in 20 µg of rat brain lysate by colorimetric immunoblot analysis using Goat anti-mouse IgG:HRP as the secondary antibody.

Antibody Specificity: Very high

Antibody Cross Reactivity: Does not cross-react with Pannexin-1 or Pannexin-3.

Scientific Background: Gap junctions are formed by a hexameric group of proteins called connexions for the transport of low molecular weight proteins from cell to cell. Connexins, which are present in all metazoan organisms, serve diverse functions ranging from control of cell growth and differentiation to electric conduction in excitable tissues. Several mammalian cells with malignant phenotypes exhibit decreased connexin expression and gap junction communication. The pannexin gene family encodes a second class of putative gap junction proteins. Pannexins are highly conserved in invertebrates and mammals, indicating the importance of their gap junctional coupling function. Mammalian Pannexin-1 and Pannexin-3 are closely related, while Pannexin-2 is more distantly related. Pannexin-2 is a transmembrane protein expressed in the central nervous system that is unable to assemble in homomeric channels but forms heteromeric channels with Pannexin-1.