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Anti-KIF2A antibody produced in rabbit

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-HK2 antibody produced in rabbit, Anti-Kinesin-2 antibody produced in rabbit, Anti-Kinesin-like protein KIF2A antibody produced in rabbit

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.43

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human, rat

technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:50-1:200

immunogen sequence

DNESVTVEWIENGDTKGKEIDLESIFSLNPDLVPDEEIEPSPETPPPPASSAKVNKIVKNRRTVASIKNDPPSRDNRVVGSARARPSQFPEQSSSAQQNGSVSDISPVQA

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... KIF2A(3796)

General description

KIF2A (kinesin heavy chain member 2A) is a microtubule (MT) based motor protein belonging to the kinesin-13 family. It plays a key role in cell division along with several other cellular processes. It is highly expressed in neuronal cells along with centrosomes and spindle poles during mitosis.

Immunogen

Kinesin-like protein KIF2A recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

All Prestige Antibodies Powered by Atlas Antibodies are developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project and as a result, are supported by the most extensive characterization in the industry.

The Human Protein Atlas project can be subdivided into three efforts: Human Tissue Atlas, Cancer Atlas, and Human Cell Atlas. The antibodies that have been generated in support of the Tissue and Cancer Atlas projects have been tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues and through the recent efforts of the Human Cell Atlas project, many have been characterized by immunofluorescence to map the human proteome not only at the tissue level but now at the subcellular level. These images and the collection of this vast data set can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. We also provide Prestige Antibodies® protocols and other useful information.

Biochem/physiol Actions

During cell division, KIF2A (kinesin heavy chain member 2A) controls the bipolar spindle assembly and chromosomal movement of spindle poles. But in absence of KIF2A activity, cells form monopolar spindle instead of bipolar spindles in mitosis. It has also been reported that KIF2A helps to dismantle all the microtubules at their minus ends of spindle poles via pole ward microtubule flux. As a consequence, it makes poleward chromosome movement in anaphase.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST86791

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Changjun Zhu et al.
Molecular biology of the cell, 16(7), 3187-3199 (2005-04-22)
Microtubule (MT)-based motor proteins, kinesins and dyneins, play important roles in multiple cellular processes including cell division. In this study, we describe the generation and use of an Escherichia coli RNase III-prepared human kinesin/dynein esiRNA library to systematically analyze the
Neil J Ganem et al.
The Journal of cell biology, 166(4), 473-478 (2004-08-11)
Although the microtubule-depolymerizing KinI motor Kif2a is abundantly expressed in neuronal cells, we now show it localizes to centrosomes and spindle poles during mitosis in cultured cells. RNAi-induced knockdown of Kif2a expression inhibited cell cycle progression because cells assembled monopolar
Jingyan Fu et al.
The Journal of cell biology, 210(3), 373-383 (2015-08-05)
A steady-state metaphase spindle maintains constant length, although the microtubules undergo intensive dynamics. Tubulin dimers are incorporated at plus ends of spindle microtubules while they are removed from the minus ends, resulting in poleward movement. Such microtubule flux is regulated
Amity L Manning et al.
Molecular biology of the cell, 18(8), 2970-2979 (2007-06-01)
The human genome has three unique genes coding for kinesin-13 proteins called Kif2a, Kif2b, and MCAK (Kif2c). Kif2a and MCAK have documented roles in mitosis, but the function of Kif2b has not been defined. Here, we show that Kif2b is

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