AlternativeName SKCa 2, Smallconductancecalcium-activatedpotassiumchannelprotein2, Apamin-sensitivesmallconductanceCa2+ -dependentK+ channel
LyophilizedPowder LyophilizedPowder
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Type: Polyclonal
Host: Rabbit
Reactivity: h,m,r
Immunogen- + Peptide(C)ETQMENYDKHVTYNAERS,correspondingtoaminoacidresidues542-559ofratKCNN2 (Accession P70604).Intracellular,C-terminalpart.
Accession(Uniprot)Number P70604
GeneID 54262
Peptideconfirmation Confirmedbyaminoacidanalysisandmassspectrometry.
Homology Mouse-17/18aminoacidresiduesidentical;human-16/18aminoacidresiduesidentical;chicken-14/18aminoacidresiduesidentical.
RRID AB_2040126.
Purity Affinitypurifiedonimmobilizedantigen.
Form Lyophilizedpowder.Reconstitutedantibodycontainsphosphatebufferedsaline(PBS),pH7.4,1%BSA,0.05%NaN3 .
Isotype RabbitIgG.
Storagebeforereconstitution Theantibodyshipsasalyophilizedpowderatroomtemperature.Uponarrival,itshouldbestoredat-20°C.
Reconstitution 25µl,50μlor0.2mldoubledistilledwater(DDW),dependingonthesamplesize.
Antibodyconcentrationafterreconstitution 0.8mg/ml.
Storageafterreconstitution Thereconstitutedsolutioncanbestoredat4°Cforupto1week.Forlongerperiods,smallaliquotsshouldbestoredat-20°C.Avoidmultiplefreezingandthawing.Centrifugeallantibodypreparationsbeforeuse(10000xg5min).
Negativecontrolantigenstoragebeforereconstitution Lyophilizedpowdercanbestoredintactatroomtemperaturefor2weeks.Forlongerperiods,itshouldbestoredat-20°C.
Negativecontrolantigenreconstitution 100µldoubledistilledwater(DDW).
Negativecontrolantigenstorageafterreconstitution -20°C.
PreadsorptionControl 1μgpeptideper1μgantibody.
Standardqualitycontrolofeachlot Westernblotanalysis.
Applications: ic,if,ih,ip,wb
Mayalsoworkin: ifc*
Westernblot- + Westernblotanalysis ofratbrainmembranes:
1. Anti-KCNN2(KCa 2.2,SK2) Antibody #APC-028),(1:200). 2.Anti-KCNN2(KCa 2.2,SK2)Antibody,preincubatedwiththenegativecontrolantigen.
HumanJurkatTcells(1.5µg/ml)(Desai,R. etal. (2000) J.Biol.Chem. 275, 39954.). Humanandmouseheart(Xu,Y. etal. (2003) J.Biol.Chem. 278, 49085.).
Immunoprecipitation- + Rathippocampalslices(2µg/ml)(Kramar,E.A. etal. (2004) J.Neurosci. 24, 5151.).
Immunohistochemistry- + ExpressionofKCNN2(SK2)inratcerebralcortex
ImmunohistochemicalstainingofKCNN2 channelsusing Anti-KCNN2(KCa 2.2,SK2) Antibody (#APC-028)inratcerebralcortex.Pictureshowingthethethirdlayer.Notethatbothneural(blackarrows)andglialcells(greenarrows)showintensestaining.ReactionproductisredandcounterstainisH&E.
Immunocytochemistry- + Ratneuronsfromhippocampus(1:200)(Wang,W. etal. (2011) Neuropharmacology 60, 901.).
References
1.Kohler,M.etal. (1996)Science 273, 1709. 2.Xia,X.M.etal. (1998)Nature 395, 503. 3.Stocker,M.(2004)Nat.Rev.Neurosci. 5, 758. Scientificbackground- + KCa 2.2 (KCNN2,SK2)isamemberoftheCa2+ -activatedK+ channelfamilywithsmallconductancethatincludes KCa 2.1 (KCNN1,SK1)and KCa 2.3 (KCNN3,SK3).ThechannelisvoltageinsensitiveandisactivatedbyintracellularCa2+ inthesubmicromolarrange.Ithas,though,asimilartopologytothatofvoltage-dependentK+ channels(KV channels),thatissixtransmembranedomainsandintracellularN-andC-termini.ThefunctionalchannelofalltheKCa 2familymembersisamultimericproteincomposedoffourpore-formingsubunits.
KCa 2channelsareextremelysensitivetothelevelsofintracellularCa2+ andconcentrationsaslowas300-700nMcanopenthechannelsveryrapidly(5-15ms).Hence,theKCa 2channelsarehighlysensitiveandfastCa2+ sensorsresemblingotherknownCa2+ -bindingproteins.ThistypeofCa2+ -dependentactivationisachievedbytheconstitutivebindingoftheKCa 2channelstocalmodulin,ahighlyexpressedCa2+ -bindingproteinviaacalmodulin-bindingdomainsituatedatthecytoplasmicC-terminus.
Pharmacologically,theKCa 2channelsaretheonlyknowntargetsofthebeevenomtoxin Apamin,withKCa 2.1beingtheleastsensitive,KCa 2.2themostsensitiveandKCa 2.3showingintermediatesensitivity.
KCa 2.2ispredominantlyexpressedinthenervoussystemalthoughexpressioninendothelialcells,heartandliverhasbeendescribed.
KCa 2.2isknowntobeinvolvedintheregulationofneuronalexcitABI lity.TheydosomainlyviaaphenomenonknownasafterhyperpolarizationinwhichKCa 2channelsopeninresponsetoincreasedintracellularCa2+ concentrationsthatresultfromtheentryofextracellularCa2+ throughvoltage-dependentCa2+ channelsduringactionpotentials.Inthisway,KCa 2channelseffectivelyformaCa2+ -mediatedfeedbackloop.
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Lastupdate:08/11/2019
Anti-KCNN2(KCa 2.2,SK2)Antibody (#APC-028)isahighlyspecificantibodydirectedagainstanepitopeoftheratprotein.Theantibodycanbeusedinwesternblot,immunocytochemistry,immunohistochemistry,andimmunoprecipitationapplications.IthasbeendesignedtorecognizeKCNN2fromhuman,rat,andmousesamples.
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