Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - DNA Damage

XPB (2C6) Mouse mAb #8746

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Isotype
W IP H M R Mk Endogenous 89 Mouse IgG2a

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting  IP=Immunoprecipitation
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

XPB (2C6) Mouse mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total XPB protein.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with recombinant protein specific to the carboxy terminus of human XPB protein.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell lines using XPB (2C6) Mouse mAb.

Background

XPB and XPD are ATPase/helicase subunits of the TFIIH complex that are involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) to remove lesions and photoproducts generated by UV light (1). XPB and XPD are 3’-5’ and 5’-3’ DNA helicases, respectively, that play a role in opening of the DNA damage site to facilitate repair (2,3). XPB and XPD both play an important role in maintaining genomic stability, and researchers have linked mutations of these proteins to Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) and Trichothiodystrophy (TTD). XP patients have abnormalities in skin pigmentation and are highly susceptible to skin cancers, while TTD patients exhibit symptoms such as brittle hair, neurological abnormalities, and mild photosensitivity (4). In addition to their role in NER, XPB and XPD are involved in transcription initiation as part of the TFIIH core complex (5). The helicase activity of XPB unwinds DNA around the transcription start site to facilitate RNA polymerase II promoter clearance and initiation of transcription (6). XPD plays a structural role linking core TFIIH components with the cdk-activating kinase (CAK) complex that phosphorylates the C-terminus of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, leading to transcription initiation (7).

  1. Oksenych, V. and Coin, F. (2010) Cell Cycle 9, 90-6.
  2. Evans, E. et al. (1997) EMBO J 16, 6559-73.
  3. Riedl, T. et al. (2003) EMBO J 22, 5293-303.
  4. Lehmann, A.R. (2003) Biochimie 85, 1101-11.
  5. Drapkin, R. et al. (1994) Nature 368, 769-72.
  6. Holstege, F.C. et al. (1996) EMBO J 15, 1666-77.
  7. Rossignol, M. et al. (1997) EMBO J 16, 1628-37.

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