Anti-MCM8 Antibody Picoband®

About this product

Boster Bio Anti-MCM8 Antibody Picoband® catalog # PB9722. Tested in WB applications. This antibody reacts with Human. The brand Picoband indicates this is a premium antibody that guarantees superior quality, high affinity, and strong signals with minimal background in Western blot applications. Only our best-performing antibodies are designated as Picoband, ensuring unmatched performance.

Specifications

Catalog number

PB9722

Size / count

100 µg/Vial

Dry ice

No

Hazardous

No

Discontinued

No

Background

DNA replication licensing factor MCM8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM8 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by the MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre_RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. This protein contains the central domain that is conserved among the MCM proteins. And this protein has been shown to co-immunoprecipitate with MCM4, 6 and 7, which suggests that it may interact with other MCM proteins and play a role in DNA replication. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described.

Synonyms

DNA helicase MCM8;3.6.4.12; Minichromosome maintenance 8; MCM8; C20orf154

Gene Name

MCM8

Gene ID

84515

UniProt

Q9UJA3

Host

Rabbit

Reactivity

Human

Cross Reactivity

No cross-reactivity with other proteins.

Immunogen

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human MCM8, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by one amino acid.

Clonality

Polyclonal

Tissue Specificity

Highest levels in placenta, lung and pancreas. Low levels in skeletal muscle and kidney. Expressed in various tumors with highest levels in colon and lung cancers. .

Applications

WB

Field of Research

Chromatin Binding Proteins, DNA/RNA Binding, Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling, Transcription

Purification

Immunogen affinity purified.

Concentration

Adding 0.2 ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500 μg/ml.

Form

Lyophilized

Reconstitution

Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.

Function

Component of the MCM8-MCM9 complex, a complex involved in homologous recombination repair following DNA interstrand cross-links and plays a key role during gametogenesis. The MCM8- MCM9 complex probably acts as a hexameric helicase downstream of the Fanconi anemia proteins BRCA2 and RAD51 and is required to process aberrant forks into homologous recombination substrates and to orchestrate homologous recombination with resection, fork stabilization and fork restart. May also play a non-essential for DNA replication: may be involved in the activation of the prereplicative complex (pre-RC) during G (1) phase by recruiting CDC6 to the origin recognition complex (ORC) . Binds chromatin throughout the cell cycle. .

References & Citations

1. Entrez Gene: MCM8 MCM8 minichromosome maintenance deficient 8 (S. cerevisiae) . 2. Gozuacik D, Chami M, Lagorce D, Faivre J, Murakami Y, Poch O, Biermann E, Knippers R, Brechot C, Paterlini-Brechot P (Jan 2003) . Identification and functional characterization of a new member of the human Mcm protein family: hMcm8. Nucleic Acids Res 31 (2) : 570–9.

Storage Conditions

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Calculated Molecular Weight

93697 MW

Observed Molecular Weight

94 kDa

Specificity

No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Gene Name Synonym

DNA helicase MCM8

Subcellular Location

Nucleus . Localizes to nuclear foci and colocalizes with RAD51.

Protein Name

DNA helicase MCM8

Isotype

Rabbit IgG

Contents

Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg NaN3.