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Myosin Light Chain 2 Antibody #3672

Applications	Reactivity	Sensitivity	MW (kDa)	Source
W	H M R (C) (B) (Pg)	Endogenous	18	Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  C=Chicken  B=Bovine  Pg=Pig
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

3672:

Western Blotting

Specificity / Sensitivity

Myosin Light Chain 2 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total Myosin Light Chain 2 (smooth muscle). This antibody does not cross-react with the cardiac isoform of Myosin Light Chain 2, or Myosin Essential Light Chain.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino-terminal residues of human Myosin Light Chain 2 (smooth muscle isoform). Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Background

Myosin is composed of six polypeptide chains: two identical heavy chains and two pairs of light chains. Myosin light chain 2 (MLC2), also known as myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC), RLC, or LC20, has many isoforms depending on its distribution. In smooth muscle, MLC2 is phosphorylated at Thr18 and Ser19 by myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) in a Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent manner (1). This phosphorylation is correlated with myosin ATPase activity and smooth muscle contraction (2). ROCK also phosphorylates Ser19 of smooth muscle MLC2, which regulates the assembly of stress fibers (3). Phosphorylation of smooth muscle MLC2 at Ser1/Ser2 and Ser9 by PKC and cdc2 has been reported to inhibit myosin ATPase activity (4,5). Phosphorylation by cdc2 controls the timing of cytokinesis (5). Transgenic mice lacking phosphorylation sites on the cardiac muscle isoform show morphological and functional abnormalities (6).

1. Ikebe, M. and Hartshorne, D.J. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 10027-10031.
2. Tan, J. L. et al. (1992) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 61, 721-759.
3. Totsukawa, G. et al. (2000) J. Cell Biol. 150, 797-806.
4. Ikebe, M. et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 9569-9573.
5. Satterwhite, L. L. et al. (1992) J. Cell Biol. 118, 595-605.
6. Sanbe, A. et al. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 21085-21094.

Application References

• Watanabe, T. et al. (2007) Mol Biol Cell 18, 605-16. Applications: Western Blotting
• Wardle, R.L. et al. (2007) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293, H23-9. Applications: Western Blotting
• Mayanagi, T. et al. (2008) J Biol Chem 283, 31183-96. Applications: Western Blotting
• Faure-André, G. et al. (2008) Science 322, 1705-10. Applications: Western Blotting

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Companion Products

• 3671 Phospho-Myosin Light Chain 2 (Ser19) Antibody
• 3674 Phospho-Myosin Light Chain 2 (Thr18/Ser19) Antibody
• 7074 Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody
• 7720 Prestained Protein Marker, Broad Range (Premixed Format)
• 7727 Biotinylated Protein Ladder Detection Pack
• 7003 20X LumiGLO^® Reagent and 20X Peroxide
• 3675 Phospho-Myosin Light Chain 2 (Ser19) Mouse mAb

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