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K3638

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Anti-KIF17 antibody produced in rabbit

affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-KIF17B, Anti-KIF3X, Anti-KLP-2, Anti-OSM-3

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About This Item

MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

form

buffered aqueous solution

species reactivity

mouse, rat

technique(s)

indirect immunofluorescence: 1:100 using rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cell line differentiated with NGF
microarray: suitable
western blot: 1:1,000 using mouse brain cytosolic fraction

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

General description

KIF17 belongs to the functionally diverse subgroup of the kinesin superfamily characterized by a N-terminal motor domain. KIF17 is specifically expressed in the brain, abundantly present in the gray matter, particularly in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, but not in the white matter such as the optic nerve. KIF17, a dendritic specific motor protein, is localized in dendrites of pyramidal neurons, but not in axons or nuclei of the cerebral cortex.

Immunogen

synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 589-606 of mouse KIF17 conjugated to KLH.

Application

Anti-KIF17 antibody produced in rabbit has been used in immunofluorescence and immunoblotting.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The kinesin superfamily of proteins (KIFs) consists of a class of microtubule-dependent motors. They play a major role in many cellular and developmental functions. The kinesin proteins are involved in organelle transport and are primarily associated with anterograde transport of vesicles and organelles in neurons, epithelial cells, and melanosomes with bidirectional transport of mitochondria. They also mediate transport between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi complex. In neurons, kinesin motors conduct vesicular transport, such as of synaptic vesicle components to axons and of neurotransmitter receptors to dendrites. KIF17 conveys (in dendrites) specific cargo vesicles that contain the glutamate receptor NR2B subunit, thus KIF17 functions as the sorting machinery for NR2B.

Physical form

Solution in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 15 mM sodium azide.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids


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Stirring up development with the heterotrimeric kinesin KIF3
Hirokawa N
Traffic, 1(1), 29-34 (2000)
KIF17 regulates RhoA-dependent actin remodeling at epithelial cell-cell adhesions
Acharya BR, et al.
Journal of Cell Science, 129(5), 957-970 (2016)
Mariella A Franker et al.
Current biology : CB, 26(13), 1705-1712 (2016-06-07)
Kinesin and dynein motors drive bidirectional cargo transport along microtubules and have a critical role in polarized cargo trafficking in neurons [1, 2]. The kinesin-2 family protein KIF17 is a dendrite-specific motor protein and has been shown to interact with
KIF17 dynamics and regulation of NR2B trafficking in hippocampal neurons
Guillaud L, et al.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 23(1), 131-140 (2003)
The axonal transport of mitochondria
Hollenbeck PJ and Saxton WM
Journal of Cell Science, 118(23), 5411-5419 (2005)

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