Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Acetyl-beta-Catenin (Lys49) Antibody detects endogenous β-catenin only when acetylated at Lys49.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic acetylated peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Lys49 of human β-catenin. Antibodies were purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
β-catenin is a key downstream effector in the Wnt signaling pathway (1). It is implicated in two major biological processes in vertebrates: early embryonic development (2) and tumorigenesis (3). CK1 phosphorylates β-catenin at Ser45. This phosphorylation event primes β-catenin for subsequent phosphorylation by GSK-3β (4-6). GSK-3β destabilizes β-catenin by phosphorylating it at Ser33, Ser37, and Thr41 (7). Mutations at these sites result in the stabilization of β-catenin protein levels and have been found in many tumor cell lines (8). Lys49 lies in a region that contains several Ser/Thr residues whose phosphorylation status regulates the stability of β-catenin and is one of few residues frequently mutated in thyroid anaplastic carcinoma (9). CBP (CREB-binding protein) binds and acetylates β-catenin at Lys49 (10, 11).
Alternate Names
armadillo; Beta-catenin; catenin (cadherin-associated protein), beta 1, 88kDa; catenin beta 1; Catenin beta-1; CTNB1; CTNNB; CTNNB1; DKFZp686D02253; EVR7; FLJ25606; FLJ37923; MRD19; NEDSDV
