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AB1553

Sigma-Aldrich

Anti-Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2/3 Antibody

Chemicon®, from rabbit

Synonym(s):

mGluR2/3

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
eCl@ss:
32160702
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

purified by

affinity chromatography

species reactivity

rat, monkey

manufacturer/tradename

Chemicon®

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry (formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections): suitable
western blot: suitable

NCBI accession no.

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

rat ... Grm2(24415)
rhesus monkey ... Grm2(700214)

Specificity

Metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR2 and mGluR3, which have nearly identical C-termini. There is also a very slight recognition of mGluR5. Western blot analysis of rat brain shows bands migrating at Mr = 100,000 (which contains both mGluR2 and mGluR3) and 190,000. The larger band is thought to be a dimer of the smaller band.

Immunogen

Carboxy terminus peptide of rat mGluR2 conjugated to BSA with glutaraldehyde (NGREVVDSTTSSL).

Application

Anti-Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2/3 Antibody detects level of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2/3 & has been published & validated for use in IH(P), IH & WB.
Research Category
Neuroscience
Research Sub Category
Neurotransmitters & Receptors
Western blot analysis can be done at final concentrations of 0.1-0.5 μg/mL. AB1553 can be used for immunocytochemistry using paraformaldehyde or paraformaldehyde/glutaraldehyde fixed tissue with light and electron microscopy. Cryostat and vibratome sections can be used with or without Triton X-100 treatment. Final concentrations recommended are 0.1-0.5 μg/mL.

The antibody has not been tested for use in immunoprecipitation. However, antibodies to the carboxy termini of other glutamate receptors are very effective in immunoprecipitation.

Optimal working dilutions must be determined by end user.

Physical form

Affinity purified using the immunogen peptide. Lyophilized from PBS containing 1% BSA.

Storage and Stability

Maintain lyophilized material at 2-8°C or -20°C. Reconstitute to 500 μL with sterile distilled water. Store reconstituted material frozen (-20°C or -80°C) in undiluted aliquots for up to six months. Avoid repeated thawing and refreezing. Diluted antibody containing 0.1% sodium azide for Western blot analysis can be stored for several weeks and reused repeatedly.

Legal Information

CHEMICON 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

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3


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Type 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR2) fails to negatively couple to cGMP in stably transfected cells.
Wroblewska, B; Wegorzewska, IN; Bzdega, T; Neale, JH
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Journal of neurochemistry, 72(1), 346-354 (1999-01-01)
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are coupled to G protein second messenger pathways and modulate glutamate neurotransmission in the brain, where they are targeted to specific synaptic locations. As part of a strategy for defining the mechanisms for the specific targeting
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FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 33(12), 13734-13746 (2019-10-06)
Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS binding to a variety of glutamate receptors. Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1 to mGluR8) can act excitatory or inhibitory, depending on associated signal cascades. Expression and localization of inhibitory acting mGluRs at
K Ray et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 275(44), 34245-34251 (2000-08-18)
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) expresses at the cell surface as disulfide-linked dimers and can be reduced to monomers with sulfhydryl reagents. To identify the dimerization domain, we transiently expressed in HEK-293 cells a truncated version of mGluR1 (RhodC-R1) devoid
Vien Nguyen et al.
Neurobiology of disease, 37(1), 195-207 (2009-10-14)
Cerebral hypoxia-ischemia results in unique patterns of injury during development owing to selective vulnerability of specific cell populations including subplate neurons. To evaluate the contribution of glutamate excitotoxicity, we studied enriched cultures of subplate neurons in comparison with cortical neurons

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