AB15504

Anti-Klotho Antibody

Chemicon^®, from rabbit

• UNSPSC Code: 12352203
• NACRES: NA.41
• eCl@ss: 32160702
• Conjugate: unconjugated
• Clone: polyclonal
• Application: ELISA, WB
• Citations: 3

Properties

• biological source: rabbit
• Quality Segment: 100
• conjugate: unconjugated
• antibody form: affinity isolated antibody
• antibody product type: primary antibodies
• clone: polyclonal
• purified by: affinity chromatography
• species reactivity: mouse
• manufacturer/tradename: Chemicon^®
• technique(s): ELISA: suitable, western blot: suitable
• NCBI accession no.: NM_004795.2, NM_153683.2
• UniProt accession no.: Q9UEF7
• shipped in: dry ice
• target post-translational modification: unmodified
• Gene Information: human ... KL(9365)

Description

General description

Animal models of human aging, which display the characteristic diseases associated with aging, provide insight into the cause of such diseases. Recently a transgenic mouse model, called Klotho, with several premature aging phenotypes has been described. They display premature aging phenotypes such as Osteoporosis, age related skin changes, ectopic calcifications, atrophy of genital organs and thymus, emphysema and short life span (Kuro-o et al., 1997). KL protein associated with the Klotho mutation is a 1014 amino acid long peptide. It has a putative signal sequence at its N-terminus and a single transmembrane domain near its C-terminus, which is postulated to anchor it to the membrane (Martin & Mian, 1997). The extracellular domain has two internal repeats, KL-1 and KL-2 which have 20-40% sequence identity to bacterial b-glucosidase of plants and animals and mammalian lactase glycosylceramidase suggesting a role for Klotho in sphingolipid metabolism (Martin & Mian, 1997). kl gene expression was observed to be tissue specific. Improvement of systemic aging phenotypes in kl/kl mice occurs even when the exogenous expression was limited to some organs, suggesting that KL associated aging is regulated through a humoral signaling pathway. KL has been reported to be localized on the cell surface when expressed on Cho cells (Kuro-o et al., 1997). Human kl cDNA is expected to encode a protein of 1012 amino acids and has 86% homology to mouse kl.

Immunogen

Synthetic peptide near the C-terminus of mouse Klotho.

Application

Detect Klotho using this Anti-Klotho Antibody validated for use in ELISA & WB.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Klotho

Other species have not yet been tested. The immunogen sequence is 82% conserved in human and 76% in rat klotho.

Legal Information

CHEMICON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• wgk: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• Storage Class: 12 - Non Combustible Liquids