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Rab Family Antibody Sampler Kit #9385

Kit Includes Quantity Applications Reactivity MW (kDa) Isotype
Rab4 Antibody # 2167 40 microliters W H M R Mk Hm B Dm 25 Rabbit
Rab5 Antibody # 2143 40 microliters W IF-IC H M R Mk Hm 25 Rabbit
Rab7 Antibody # 2094 40 microliters W IF-IC H M 23 Rabbit
Rab9 Antibody # 2095 40 microliters W IP H 23 Rabbit
Rab11 Antibody # 3539 40 microliters W IF-IC H M R Mk 25 Rabbit
Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody # 7074 100 microliters Goat

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting  IP=Immunoprecipitation  IF-IC=Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey  Hm=Hamster  B=Bovine  Dm=D. melanogaster

Specificity / Sensitivity

Each antibody in the Rab Family Antibody Sampler Kit detects endogenous levels of its target protein. The Rab11 antibody detects endogenous levels of total Rab11 protein, including isoforms Rab11a and Rab11b.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from SK-MEL-28 and NIH/3T3 cells using Rab7 Antibody #2094.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell types using Rab9 Antibody #2095.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell types using Rab5 Antibody #2143.


Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell types using Rab4 Antibody #2167.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell types using Rab11 Antibody #3539.

Description

The Rab Family Antibody Sampler Kit provides an economical means to evaluate the presence and status of Rab proteins in cells. This kit provides enough primary and secondary antibodies to perform four Western blot experiments per primary antibody.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with synthetic peptides corresponding to residues surrounding Asp128 of human Rab4 protein, Gly190 of human Rab5 protein, Asp193 of human Rab7, Asn184 of human Rab9, and Arg30 of human Rab11 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Background

Rab family proteins are GTPases and members of the Ras superfamily of monomeric G proteins. These membrane-associated proteins are involved in many aspects of vesicle-mediated transport, taking part in the initial vesicle formation, transport of vesicles along the cytoskeleton, and eventual fusion of vesicle and target membranes. Rab4 is localized at early endosomes/recycling endosomes and functions as a key regulator for sorting/recycling of membrane and proteins (1,2). Both Rab4A and Rab4B isoforms are localized to similar cellular compartments and are believed to have similar functions (4). Rab4 interacts with several Rab4 effectors in a complex on a special endosome site to promote membrane/protein recycling (1,3). Rab5 is localized to the plasma membrane and early endosome and functions as a key regulator of vesicle trafficking during early endocytosis (1). The conformational change between Rab5-GTP and Rab5-GDP is essential for its biological function as a rate-limiting regulator at multiple steps during endocytosis (1,5). Similar to Rab4, Rab5 also interacts with specific Rab5 effectors on a specialized endosomal Rab domain to promote recycling between endosome and the plasma membrane (1,5,6). Both Rab7 and Rab9 are located in late endosomes but exert different functions. Rab7 associates with the RIPL effector protein to control membrane trafficking from early to late endosome and to lysosomes (7,8). Rab7 also helps to regulate growth receptor endocytic trafficking and degradation, and maturation of phagosome and autophagic vacuoles (8-11). Rab9 interacts with its effector proteins p40 and TIP47 (12,13) to promote the MPR (mannose 6-phosphate receptor)-associated lysosomal enzyme transport between late endosomes and the trans Golgi network (14,15). Rab11 (isoforms Rab11a and Rab11b) functions as a key regulator in the recycling of perinuclear, plasma membrane and Golgi compartment endosomes (16,17). Despite some overlap, distinct differences exist between Rab11a and Rab11b in both their cellular distribution and functional roles. Rab11a is ubiquitously expressed while Rab11b is found mainly in the heart and brain (18,19). Like other Rab proteins, Rab11 functions when associated with Rab11 family interacting proteins (FIPs). The three distinct classes of Rab11 FIPs all share a conserved carboxy-terminal Rab-binding domain that allows Rab-FIP protein interaction. When bound together, these proteins are thought to regulate membrane-associated protein sorting (20,21).

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  17. Chen, W. et al. (1998) Mol Biol Cell 9, 3241-57.
  18. Lapierre, L.A. et al. (2003) Exp Cell Res 290, 322-31.
  19. Khvotchev, M.V. et al. (2003) J Neurosci 23, 10531-9.
  20. Junutula, J.R. et al. (2004) J Biol Chem 279, 33430-7.
  21. Hales, C.M. et al. (2001) J Biol Chem 276, 39067-75.

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