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ISG15 Antibody #2743

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H M Mk
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 15
    SOURCE Rabbit
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • M-Mouse 
    • Mk-Monkey 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    ISG15 Antibody detects endogenous levels of both free and conjugated ISG15 protein. This antibody does not cross-react with other ubiquitin family members, including ubiquitin, SUMO1, SUMO2, SUMO3 and NEDD8.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Mouse, Monkey

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids from human ISG15 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

    Background

    Interferon-stimulated 15 kDa protein (ISG15), also known as ubiquitin cross-reactive protein (UCRP), is a member of the ubiquitin-like protein family and functions in various biological pathways from pregnancy to innate immune responses (1). Expression of ISG15 is stimulated by cellular exposure to type 1 interferons α and β, in addition to infection with viruses such as influenza B (2,3). After exposure to type I interferons, both lymphocytes and monocytes, in addition to some fibroblasts and epithelial cells, release ISG15 into culture medium (1,4). ISG15 has been shown to function as a cytokine, stimulating interferon γ secretion by monocytes and macrophages, proliferation of natural killer cells, and chemotactic responses in neutrophils (4,5). ISG15 has also been shown to function intracellularly, being covalently conjugated to other proteins by E1 (Ube1L), E2 (UbcH8) and E3 ligases via a multi-step process analogous to ubiquitination (6,7). ISG15 is removed from proteins by the ubiquitin processing protease Ubp43 (8). ISG15-protein conjugation (ISGylation) is induced by type 1 interferons, and target proteins include the serine protease inhibitor Serpin 2A, PLCγ1, ERK1/2, Jak1 and Stat1 (9,10). Unlike ubiquitination, ISGylation does not target proteins for degradation, rather ISGylation increases Jak1 and Stat1 activity, enhancing the cellular response to interferons (11).

    Alternate Names

    G1P2; hUCRP; IFI15; IMD38; Interferon-induced 15 kDa protein; Interferon-induced 17 kDa protein; interferon-induced 17-kDa/15-kDa protein; interferon-stimulated protein, 15 kDa; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-15K); IP17; ISG15; ISG15 ubiquitin like modifier; ISG15 ubiquitin-like modifier; Ubiquitin cross-reactive protein; Ubiquitin-like protein ISG15; UCRP

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