Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - Cytoskeletal Signaling

VDAC2 Antibody #9412

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W H M R (Mk) Endogenous 30 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
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

VDAC2 Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total VDAC2 protein. Based on the amino acid sequences, this antibody is not expected to cross-react with other VDAC isoforms.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the central sequence of human VDAC2 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from human, mouse, and rat brain using VDAC2 Antibody.

Background

Voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), ubiquitously expressed and located in the outer mitochondrial membrane, is generally thought to be the primary means by which metabolites diffuse in and out of the mitochondria (1). In addition, this channel plays a role in apoptotic signaling. The change in mitochondrial permeability characteristic of apoptosis is mediated by Bcl-2 family proteins, which bind to VDAC, altering the channel kinetics (2). Homodimerization of VDAC may be a mechanism for changing mitochondrial permeability and supporting release of cytochrome c (3). In mammalian cells, there are three VDAC isoforms, VDAC1, which is the most widely expressed isoform, as well as VDAC2 and VDAC3 (4,5).

  1. Hodge, T. and Colombini, M. (1997) J Membr Biol 157, 271-9.
  2. Shimizu, S. et al. (1999) Nature 399, 483-7.
  3. Zheng, Y. et al. (2004) Oncogene 23, 1239-47.
  4. Craigen, W.J. and Graham, B.H. (2008) J Bioenerg Biomembr 40, 207-12.
  5. Yamamoto, T. et al. (2006) J Proteome Res 5, 3336-44.

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