
Nitric oxide (NO) has a broad range of biological activities and is implicated in many cell signaling pathways. Nitric oxide synthases (NOS), the enzymes responsible for synthesis of NO, are fused enzymes that include a cytochrome reductase and a cytochrome that requires three cosubstrates (L-arginine, NADPH, and oxygen) and five cofactors (FAD, FMN, calmodulin, tetrahydrobiopterin, and heme). The NOS family includes 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 induced by microbial products in various cell types. Phosphorylation of NOS enzymes may regualte their activity. For example, Src kinase-induced phosphorylation of Tyr-1055 in iNOS reduces proteasomal degradation of iNOS, while shear stress induced phosphorylation of Tyr-657 in eNOS attenuates enzyme activity. Both of these tyrosine sites are conserved in nNOS, and may have important roles for regulate neuronal NOS activity.
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Western blot analysis of mouse macrophages untreated (lanes 1 & 3) or treated with LPS (1µg/ml) for 18 hrs (lanes 2 & 4). The blots were probed with mouse monoclonal anti-iNOS at 1:500 (lanes 1 & 2) or rabbit polyclonal anti-iNOS at 1:250 (NP2131).

Western blot analysis of mouse macrophages (J774A.1) treated with LPS (1μg/ml) for 18 hrs followed by pervanadate (1 mM) for 30 min. (lanes 1, 3, & 5). The blots were then treated with alkaline phosphatase (lanes 2, 4, & 6). Blots were probed with rabbit polyclonal anti-inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) (lanes 1 & 2), anti-iNOS (Tyr-1055) (lanes 3 & 4), or mouse monoclonal anti-iNOS (lanes 5 & 6).
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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.
Product References:
RS3251 Kawasaki, H. et al. (2013) World J Gastroenter. 19(17):2629. WB, ICC: mouse intestinal myofibroblastsMS3001 Estrada-Bernal, A. et al. (2011) J Neurooncol. 102:353. Western Blot
RS3251 Estrada-Bernal, A. et al. (2011) J Neurooncol. 102:353. Western Blot
This kit contains:
CATALOG# | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | APPLICATIONS | SPECIES REACTIVITY | MW (kDa) |
iNOS(C-terminal region) Mouse mAb | 50 μl | WB, E, ICC | Hu, Rt, Ms | 130 | |
iNOS (C-terminal region) Rabbit pAb | 50 μl | WB, E, ICC | Hu, Rt, Ms | 130 | |
iNOS (Tyr-1055)[conserved site], phospho-specific Rabbit pAb | 50 μl | WB, E, ICC | Hu, Rt, Ms | 130 | |
Anti-Mouse Ig:HRPDonkey pAb | 100 μl | WB, E | Ms | ||
Anti-Rabbit Ig Light ChainSpecific:HRP Mouse mAb | 100 μl | WB, E, ICC, IHC | Rb |
KIT SUMMARY
The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) phospho-regulation antibody sampler kit can be used to examine Tyr-1055 phosphorylation in iNOS. The kit also includes a mouse monoclonal and rabbit polyclonal antibody to monitor total expression levels of iNOS, as well as HRP-conjugated secondary reagents.