alpha-catenin antibody detects endogenous levels of total alpha-catenin protein.
Immunogen:
The antiserum was produced against synthesized non-phosphopeptide derived from human alpha-catenin around the phosphorylation site of serine 641 (D-D-Sp-D-F).
Storage:
Rabbit IgG in phosphate buffered saline (without Mg2+ and Ca2+), pH 7.4, 150mM NaCl, 0.02% sodium azide and 50% glycerol, Store at -20°C. Stable for one year from the date of shipment.
Western blot analysis of extract from A431 cells untreated or treated with EGF (200ng/ml, 30min), using α-catenin (Ab-641) antibody (Lane 1 and 2) and α-catenin (Phospho-Ser641) antibody (Lane 3 and 4).
Background
Catenin composes cell adhesion complex and is indispensable for tight cell-cell adhesion. Dysfunction of this adhesion complex causes dissociation of cancer cells from primary tumor nodules, thus possibly contributing to cancer invasion and metastasis . At least three proteins (alpha, beta, and gamma catenin) comprise the cytoplasmic domain of the cadherin cell-cell adhesion complex. Data, with the reported structure of other catenin genes, suggest that vinculin and alpha-catenin generate a superfamily of proteins mediating membrane-cytoskeletal associations. Presenilin-1 (PS1) overexpression in human kidney cells enhances cell-cell adhesion and data show that PS1 incorporates into the cadherin/catenin adhesion system and regulates cell-cell adhesion. PS1 concentrates at intercellular contacts in epithelial tissue; in brain, it forms complexes with both E- and N-cadherin and concentrates at synaptic adhesions.
