
Catalog # DM4921
D4-GDI, cleavage-specific Antibody
Mouse Monoclonal
FC | 1:1000 |
IHC | 1:100 |
IP | 1:250 |
WB | 1:1000 |
Size 100 μl
Species Reactivity Hu, Rt, Ms
MW 28 kDa
Isotype IgG2b
D4-GDI (GDP dissociation inhibitor) is a negative regulator of the ras-related Rho family of GTPases. Since the Rho GTPases promote cytoskeletal and membrane changes associated with apoptotic cell death, the removal of the D4-GDI block through its cleavage is important for inducing apoptosis. Caspase-3 cleaves the 28 kD mature form of D4-GDI to give a 23 kD and 5 kD size fragment. The 23 kD fragment then translocates to the nucleus. The mechanisms involving cleavage of D4-GDI with apoptosis are not presently known. Activation of the Jun N-terminal kinase, a regulator of apoptosis, may be one of the mechanisms.
References
Krieser, R.J. et al. (1999) Cell Death Differ. 6:412.
Na, S. et al. (1996) J Biol Chem. 271:11209.

Western blot analysis of D4-GDI in Jurkat cells using anti-D4-GDI and anti-D4-GDI cleavage-specific antibody DM4921. The cells were treated with 2 μM staurosporine for different time periods. DM4921 specifically detects only the 23 kDa cleaved form of the protein.
*For more information, see UniProt Accession P52566
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*All molecular weights (MW) are confirmed by comparison to Bio-Rad Rainbow Markers and to western blot mobilities of known proteins with similar MW.
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