Anti-Myelin Basic Protein Antibody (24201)

Purified human myelin basic protein.

PBS, pH 7.4.

Liquid

Purified by Protein G affinity chromatography

This antibody is stable for at least one (1) year at -20°C to -70°C. Store product in appropriate aliquots to avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.

Next Day 2-8°C

This antibody reacts with residues 130-136 in human myelin basic protein (21.5kDa and 18.5kDa molecular forms). It also recognizes primate, rabbit, sheep, goat, rat, and mouse myelin basic protein.

The classic group of MBP isoforms (isoform 4-isoform 14) are with PLP the most abundant protein components of the myelin membrane in the CNS. They have a role in both its formation and stabilization. The smaller isoforms might have an important role in remyelination of denuded axons in multiple sclerosis. The non-classic group of MBP isoforms (isoform 1-isoform 3/Golli-MBPs) may preferentially have a role in the early developing brain long before myelination, maybe as components of transcriptional complexes, and may also be involved in signaling pathways in T-cells and neural cells. Differential splicing events combined with optional post-translational modifications give a wide spectrum of isomers, with each of them potentially having a specialized function. Induces T-cell proliferation. {PubMed:8544862}.