Catalog # CM1181

β-Catenin Antibody

Mouse Monoclonal

Application / Dilution
ELISA1:2000
ICC1:250
IHC1:500
IP1:100
WB1:1000

Size 100 μl

Species Reactivity Hu, Rt, Ms

MW 92 kDa

Isotype IgG1

$360


DATASHEET  

β-Catenin is a 92 kDa protein that binds to the cytoplasmic tail of E-Cadherin. The cadherins, transmembrane adhesion molecules, are found with catenins at adherens junctions. Deletions in the cytoplasmic domain of E-Cadherin eliminate catenin binding and result in a loss of cell adhesion. Tyrosine phosphorylation of β-Catenin can regulate its interaction with critical components of adherens junctions. Both Fer and Fyn kinases phosphorylate tyrosine 142 in vitro. Overexpression of these kinases in epithelial cells disrupts interactions between α- and β-Catenins. The phosphorylation of tyrosine 142 may act as a switch from the transcriptional to the adhesive role of β-Catenin. Src family kinases can also phosphorylate tyrosine 86 and 654 in β-Catenin. The Tyr-654 phosphorylation regulates β-Catenin binding to E-cadherin. Thus, site-specific tyrosine phosphorylation of β-Catenin may regulate protein-protein interactions leading to changes in cell adhesion.

 

References
Ozawa, M. et al. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:4246.
Roura, S. et al. (1999) J Biol Chem. 274(51) :36734.
Piedra, J. et al. (2003) Mol. Cell. Biol. 23(7):2287.
Brembeck, F.H. et al. (2004) Genes Dev. 18(18):2225.

Western blot analysis of A431 cells stimulated with pervanadate (1 mM) for 30 min (lanes 1, 3, & 5) then treated with akaline phosphatase (lanes 2, 4, & 6). The blot was probed with anti-γ-Catenin (CM1111), anti-β-Catenin (Tyr-489) conserved site (CP2961), or anti-β-Catenin (CM1181).

Formalin fixed, citric acid treated parafin sections of embryonic Rat E16 intestines. Sections were probed with anti-β-Catenin (CM1181) then anti-mouse:HRP before detection using DAB. (Images provided by Carl Hobbs and Dr. Pat Doherty at Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London).



Clone (M118) was generated from a recombinant protein corresponding to amino acid residues in the C-terminal region of human β-Catenin. This peptide sequence is highly conserved in rat and mouse β-Catenin.

*For more information, see UniProt Accession P35222
Mouse monoclonal antibody purified with protein A chromatography is supplied in 100µl phosphate-buffered saline, 50% glycerol, 1 mg/ml BSA, and 0.05% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Stable for 1 year.

The products are are safely shipped at ambient temperature for both domestic and international shipments. Each product is guaranteed to match the specifications as indicated on the corresponding technical data sheet. Please store at -20C upon arrival for long term storage.

The antibody detects a 92 kDa* protein corresponding to the molecular mass of β-Catenin on SDS-PAGE immunoblots of A431 and Hct116 src transformed cells. In addition, this antibody recognizes only β-Catenin in immunoprecipitations using anti-β-Catenin versus γ-Catenin.

*All molecular weights (MW) are confirmed by comparison to Bio-Rad Rainbow Markers and to western blot mobilities of known proteins with similar MW.

This kit contains: