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HPA001169

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Anti-COMT antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

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

Synonym(s):

Anti-Catechol O-methyltransferase antibody produced in rabbit

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About This Item

MDL number:
MFCD03454916
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
HPA001169
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

100

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

rat, human

enhanced validation

orthogonal RNAseq
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technique(s)

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

immunogen sequence

YCEQKEWAMNVGDKKGKIVDAVIQEHQPSVLLELGAYCGYSAVRMARLLSPGARLITIEINPDCAAITQRMVDFAGVKDKVTLVVGASQDIIPQLKKKYDVDTLDMVFLDHWKDRYLPDTLLLEECGLLRKGTVLLADNVICPGAPDFLAHVRGSSCFECTHYQSFLEYREVVDGLEKAIY

UniProt accession no.

P21964

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... COMT(1312)

Related Categories

Immunogen

Catechol O-methyltransferase recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

Anti-COMT antibody produced in rabbit, a Prestige Antibody, is developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project . Each antibody is tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues. These images can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. The antibodies are also tested using immunofluorescence and western blotting. To view these protocols and other useful information about Prestige Antibodies and the HPA, visit sigma.com/prestige.

Biochem/physiol Actions

COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) catalyzes the O-methylation of catecholamine neurotransmitters and catechol hormones and inactivates them. It may be used in the metabolism of catechol drugs used in the treatment of hypertension, asthma, and Parkinson disease. It is found in soluble as well as membrane-bound form, varying in the N-termini.

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 APREST73372

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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A C Syvänen et al.
Pharmacogenetics, 7(1), 65-71 (1997-02-01)
The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene occurs as two polymorphic alleles, which code for a high activity thermostable and low activity thermolabile form of the enzyme. We devised a fast solid-phase minisequencing assay for genotyping the COMT gene at nucleotide position 544
Membrane-bound catechol-O-methyltransferase: a reevaluation of its role in the O-methylation of the catecholamine neurotransmitters.
J A Roth
Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology, 120, 1-29 (1992-01-01)
Bao Ting Zhu
Current drug metabolism, 3(3), 321-349 (2002-06-27)
The metabolic O-methylation of endogenous catecholamines and other catechols catalyzed by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT; EC 2.1.1.6) was first described by Dr. Julix Axelrod and his colleagues almost half a century ago. In the past several years, research interest in this catechol-metabolizing
J Tenhunen et al.
European journal of biochemistry, 223(3), 1049-1059 (1994-08-01)
Human genomic DNA fragments containing catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) sequences were isolated and the exon-intron structure analysed by sequencing, PCR and comparing to the human COMT cDNA sequences. The gene contains six exons, of which exons 1 and 2 are noncoding.

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