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HPA014314

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Anti-PKP2 antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-Plakophilin-2

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UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
HPA014314
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

enhanced validation

orthogonal RNAseq
independent
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technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunofluorescence: 0.25-2 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:50-1:200

immunogen sequence

VGNGNLHRTSSVPEYVYNLHLVENDFVGGRSPVPKTYDMLKAGTTATYEGRWGRGTAQYSSQKSVEERSLRHPLRRLEISPDSSPERAHYTHSDYQYSQRSQAGHTLHHQESRRAALLVPPRY

UniProt accession no.

Q99959

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... PKP2(5318)

General description

Plakophilin 2 (Pkp2) is an armadillo-repeat protein of the cardiac desmosome. The armadillo-repeat proteins contain ten 42–amino acid armadillo-repeat motifs. They are localized to the outer dense plaque of desmosomes and are involved in the bridging of desmosomal cadherins with desmoplakin and the intermediate filament system. Plakophilins are nuclear proteins that regulate transcription. Pkp2 interacts with several cell adhesion proteins and has two alternatively spliced isoforms (2a and 2b). The gene is mapped to human chromosome 12p11.

Immunogen

Plakophilin-2 recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

Anti-PKP2 antibody produced in rabbit, a Prestige Antibody, is developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project . Each antibody is tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues. These images can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. The antibodies are also tested using immunofluorescence and western blotting. To view these protocols and other useful information about Prestige Antibodies and the HPA, visit sigma.com/prestige.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The gene PKP2 (plakophilin 2) encodes a desmosomal protein that belongs to the plakophilin family of proteins that are involved in desmosome formation and function. Desmosomal proteins participate in cell signaling. In mouse, Pkp2 is expressed mainly in the cardiac muscle and plays an important role in the heart development. Any mutation in this gene causes defects of heart morphogenesis and junctional architecture with embryonic lethality at midgestation. Mutations in this gene are also associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST71233

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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JAN Code

HPA014314-25UL:
HPA014314-100UL:

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Brenda Gerull et al.
Nature genetics, 36(11), 1162-1164 (2004-10-19)
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is associated with fibrofatty replacement of cardiac myocytes, ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. In 32 of 120 unrelated individuals with ARVC, we identified heterozygous mutations in PKP2, which encodes plakophilin-2, an essential armadillo-repeat protein
Cecilia Lindskog et al.
BMC genomics, 16, 475-475 (2015-06-26)
To understand cardiac and skeletal muscle function, it is important to define and explore their molecular constituents and also to identify similarities and differences in the gene expression in these two different striated muscle tissues. Here, we have investigated the

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