Cell Signaling Technology

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S6 Ribosomal Protein (54D2) Mouse mAb (Alexa Fluor® 555 Conjugate) #6989

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity Isotype
IF-IC H M R Mk Dm Endogenous Mouse IgG1

Applications Key:  IF-IC=Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey  Dm=D. melanogaster
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

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Specificity / Sensitivity

S6 Ribosomal Protein (54D2) Mouse mAb (Alexa Fluor® 555 Conjugate) detects endogenous levels of total S6 ribosomal protein independent of phosphorylation.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a recombinant fusion protein corresponding to full-length human S6 ribosomal protein.

IF-IC

IF-IC

Confocal immunofluorescent analysis of HeLa cells using S6 Ribosomal Protein (54D2) Mouse mAb (Alexa Fluor® 555 Conjugate) (red) and β-Tubulin (9F3) Rabbit mAb (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate) #3623 (green). Blue pseudocolor = DRAQ5® #4084 (fluorescent DNA dye).

Description

This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 555 fluorescent dye and tested in-house for direct immunofluorescent analysis in human cells. The antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated S6 Ribosomal Protein (54D2) Mouse mAb #2317.

Background

One way that growth factors and mitogens effectively promote sustained cell growth and proliferation is by upregulating mRNA translation (1,2). Growth factors and mitogens induce the activation of p70 S6 kinase and the subsequent phosphorylation of the S6 ribosomal protein. Phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal protein correlates with an increase in translation of mRNA transcripts that contain an oligopyrimidine tract in their 5' untranslated regions (2). These particular mRNA transcripts (5'TOP) encode proteins involved in cell cycle progression, as well as ribosomal proteins and elongation factors necessary for translation (2,3). Important S6 ribosomal protein phosphorylation sites include several residues (Ser235, Ser236, Ser240, and Ser244) located within a small, carboxy-terminal region of the S6 protein (4,5).

  1. Dufner, A. and Thomas, G. (1999) Exp. Cell Res. 253, 100-109.
  2. Peterson, R.T. and Schreiber, S.L. (1998) Curr. Biol. 8, R248-R250.
  3. Jefferies, H.B. et al. (1997) EMBO J. 16, 3693-3704.
  4. Ferrari, S. et al. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 22770-22775.
  5. Flotow, H. and Thomas, G. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 3074-3078.

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