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AB9660

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Anti-Tau phospho Serine 404 Antibody

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UNSPSC Code:
12352203
eCl@ss:
32160702

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

antibody form

affinity purified immunoglobulin

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

purified by

affinity chromatography

species reactivity

human

manufacturer/tradename

Chemicon®

technique(s)

western blot: suitable

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

dry ice

target post-translational modification

phosphorylation (pSer404)

Gene Information

human ... MAPT(4137)

General description

Tau is a neuronal microtubule-associated protein found predominantly on axons and functions to promote tubulin polymerization and stabilize microtubules. Tau, in its hyperphosphorylated form, is the major component of paired helical filaments (PHF), the building block of neurofibrillary lesions in Alzheimer′s disease (AD) brain. Hyperphosphorylated Tau is also found in neurofibrillary lesions in a range of other central nervous system disorders. Hyperphosphorylation impairs the microtubule binding function of Tau, resulting in the destabilization of microtubules in AD brains, ultimately leading to the degeneration of the affected neurons. Numerous serine/threonine kinases, including GSK-3beta, protein kinase A (PKA), cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) and casein kinase II (CK2), phosphorylate Tau. Serine 404 is phosphorylated by GSK-3beta and cdk5 in vitro and in vivo.

Specificity

Tau phosphoSerine 404. The antibody recognizes Tau pSerine 404 in samples of recombinant human Tau treated with GSK-3beta for 45 minutes. The reactivity of the antibody is blocked with the pSerine 404 peptide but not the non-phosphopeptide or a generic phosphoSerine-containing peptide.

Immunogen

Synthetic peptide of amino acids surrounding the phosphoSerine 404 site of human Tau.

Application

Anti-Tau phospho Serine 404 Antibody is an antibody against Tau phospho Serine 404 for use in WB.
Research Category
Neuroscience
Research Sub Category
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Western blot: 1:1,000. Suggested blocking buffer is 5% BSA-TBST for one hour at room temperature. Suggested antibody dilution buffer is 3% BSA-TBST. Suggested antibody incubation time is 2 hours at room temperature.


Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.

Packaging

10 blots

Physical form

Affinity purified immunoglobulin. Liquid in Dulbecco′s PBS (without Mg2+ and Ca2+), pH 7.3, 50% glycerol with 1.0 mg/mL BSA and 0.05% sodium azide.

Storage and Stability

Maintain at -20°C in undiluted for up to 6 months after date of receipt. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Do not store in a self defrosting freezer.

Legal Information

CHEMICON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2


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Fei Liu et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 280(3), 1790-1796 (2004-11-18)
Protein phosphatase (PP) 5 is highly expressed in the mammalian brain, but few physiological substrates have yet been identified. Here, we investigated the kinetics of dephosphoryation of phospho-tau by PP5 and found that PP5 had a K(m) of 8-13 microm
I Tesseur et al.
The American journal of pathology, 156(3), 951-964 (2000-03-07)
Epidemiological studies have established that the epsilon 4 allele of the ApoE gene (ApoE4) constitutes an important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and might influence the outcome of central nervous system injury. The mechanism by which ApoE4 contributes to the
C X Gong et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 275(8), 5535-5544 (2000-02-22)
Hyperphosphorylated tau, which is the major protein of the neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease brain, is most probably the result of an imbalance of tau kinase and phosphatase activities in the affected neurons. By using metabolically competent rat brain slices
Jean C Augustinack et al.
Acta neuropathologica, 103(1), 26-35 (2002-02-12)
Microtubule associated protein tau is abnormally phosphorylated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and aggregates as paired helical filaments (PHFs) in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). We show here that the pattern of tau phosphorylation correlates with the loss of neuronal integrity. Studies using
The retinoic acid and brain-derived neurotrophic factor differentiated SH-SY5Y cell line as a model for Alzheimer's disease-like tau phosphorylation.
Jamsa, A., et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 319, 993-1000 (2004)

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