Anti-MELK Antibody Picoband®

About this product

Boster Bio Anti-MELK Antibody Picoband® catalog # A04038-2. Tested in ELISA, IF, IHC, ICC, WB, Flow Cytometry applications. This antibody reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat. 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

A04038-2

Size / count

100 µg/Vial

Dry ice

No

Hazardous

No

Discontinued

No

Background

Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MELK gene. Maternal embryonic leucine-zipper kinase (MELK) is a key regulator of survival of stemlike GBM cells in vitro. MELK expression is increased in breast cancer tissue and this increase is also associated with poor patient survival, as predicted for a candidate oncogene.

Synonyms

Homeobox protein Hox-A5; Homeobox protein Hox-1C; HOXA5; HOX1C

Gene Name

MELK

Gene ID

9833

UniProt

Q14680

Host

Rabbit

Reactivity

Human, Mouse, Rat

Cross Reactivity

No cross-reactivity with other proteins.

Immunogen

E.coli-derived human MELK recombinant protein (Position: H66-Q629) .

Clonality

Polyclonal

Tissue Specificity

Ubiquitously expressed. Present at highest levels in the brain, at high levels in the placenta and testis, at intermediate levels in the intestine, ovary, skeletal muscle and thymus and at lower levels in heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, prostate and spleen. In the kidney, it is widely expressed in tubules, but sparsely expressed in the glomerulus (PubMed:24676636) . Expression is significantly increased in renal biopsy specimens from idiopathic FSGS (PubMed:24676636) . Overexpressed in many tumor types including breast, colorectal, endometrial, hepatic, kidney, lung, ovarian and pancreatic tumors.

Applications

ELISA, IF, IHC, ICC, WB, Flow Cytometry

Field of Research

Cancer, Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle Inhibitors, Developmental Families, Domain Families, Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling, p53 Pathway, Transcription

Purification

Immunogen affinity purified.

Concentration

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

Form

Lyophilized

Reconstitution

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

Function

Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis. Also binds to its own promoter. Binds specifically to the motif 5'-CYYNATTA[TG]Y-3'.

References & Citations

1. Heyer, B. S., Warsowe, J., Solter, D., Knowles, B. B., Ackerman, S. L. New member of the Snf1/AMPK kinase family, Melk, is expressed in the mouse egg and preimplantation embryo. Molec. Reprod. Dev. 47: 148-156, 1997. 2. Hirose, T., Horvitz, H. R. An Sp1 transcription factor coordinates caspase-dependent and -independent apoptotic pathways. Nature 500: 354-358, 2013. 3. Nagase, T., Seki, N., Ishikawa, K., Tanaka, A., Nomura, N. Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. V. The coding sequences of 40 new genes (KIAA0161-KIAA0200) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from human cell line KG-1. DNA Res. 3: 17-24, 1996.

Storage Conditions

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 freezing and thawing.

Calculated Molecular Weight

23310 MW

Observed Molecular Weight

66 kDa

Applications Notes

6

Gene Name Synonym

Homeobox A5

Subcellular Location

Nucleus.

Protein Name

Ran-specific GTPase-activating protein

Isotype

Rabbit IgG

Contents

Each vial contains 4 mg Trehalose, 0.9 mg NaCl, 0.2 mg Na2HPO4.