Catalog # NP2141

nNOS (C-terminal region) Antibody

Rabbit Polyclonal

Application / Dilution

ELISA	1:2000
ICC	1:200
IHC	1:300
WB	1:1000

Size 100 μl

Species Reactivity Hu, Rt, Ms

MW 155 kDa

Nitric oxide (NO) has a broad range of biological activities and is implicated in signaling pathways in phylogenetically diverse species. Nitric oxide synthases (NOS), the enzymes responsible for synthesis of NO, are homodimers whose monomers are themselves two fused enzymes: a cytochrome reductase and a cytochrome that requires three cosubstrates (L-arginine, NADPH, and oxygen) and five cofactors or prosthetic groups (FAD, FMN, calmodulin, tetrahydrobiopterin, and heme). Several distinct NOS isoforms are produced from three distinct genes. These include two constitutive Ca2+/CaM-dependent forms of NOS: nNOS (also designated bNOS, NOS-I), whose activity was first identified in neurons and eNOS (also designated ecNOS, NOS-III) first identified in endothelial cells. The inducible form of NOS, iNOS (also designated NOS-II), is Ca2+ independent and is expressed in a broad range of cell types. This form of NOS is induced after stimulation with cytokines and exposure to microbial products.

References

Musicki, B. et al. (2005) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.102(33):11870.
Kleinert, H. et al. (2003) Biol Chem. 384(10-11):1343.
Xie, Q.W. et al. (1992) Science 256:225.

Western blot analysis of nNOS expression in adult mouse brain (lanes 1 & 3) and rat GC cells (lanes 2 & 4). The blots were probed with mouse monoclonal anti-nNOS (C-terminal region) at 1:1000 (lanes 1 & 2) or rabbit polyclonal anti-nNOS at 1:250 (lanes 3 & 4).

Formalin fixed, citric acid treated parafin sections of adult Rat striatum. Sections were probed with anti-nNOS (NP2141) then anti-Rabbit: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).

Amino acid residues within the C-terminal region of human nNOS. This human nNOS sequence has high homology with similar regions in rat and mouse nNOS.

*For more information, see UniProt Accession P29475

Rabbit polyclonal, affinity-purified antibody 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 155 kDa* protein on SDS-PAGE immunoblots of rat and mouse brain tissue lysates, as well in the rat pituitary cell line GC.

*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: