Connexin 43, Polyclonal Antibody

GJAL; Gap junction alpha-1 protein; Connexin-43; Cx43; Gap junction 43 kDa heart protein

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Polyclonal

Rabbit

Recognizes endogenous levels of Connexin 43 (pS368) protein.

The antibody was purified by immunogen affinity chromatography.

Liquid in 0.42% Potassium phosphate, 0.87% Sodium chloride, pH 7.3, 30% glycerol, and 0.01% sodium azide.

Shipped at 4 degree C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20 degree C for one year. Avoid freeze/thaw cycles.

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Rabbit polyclonal antibody to Connexin 43 (pS368)

Western Blot (WB), Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

WB (1/500 - 1/1000), IHC (1/100 - 1/200)

Western blot analysis of Connexin 43 (pS368) expression in Jurkat (A), A549 (B) whole cell lysates.

Immunohistochemical analysis of Connexin 43 (pS368) staining in human breast cancer formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue section. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH 6.0). The section was then incubated with the antibody at room temperature and detected using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX.

43,008 Da

gap junction protein, alpha 1, 43kDa

gap junction alpha-1 protein

Gap junction alpha-1 protein

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CXA1_HUMAN

This gene is a member of the connexin gene family. The encoded protein is a component of gap junctions, which are composed of arrays of intercellular channels that provide a route for the diffusion of low molecular weight materials from cell to cell. The encoded protein is the major protein of gap junctions in the heart that are thought to have a crucial role in the synchronized contraction of the heart and in embryonic development. A related intronless pseudogene has been mapped to chromosome 5. Mutations in this gene have been associated with oculodentodigital dysplasia, autosomal recessive craniometaphyseal dysplasia and heart malformations. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]

GJA1: an integral membrane protein of the connexin family, alpha-type (group II) subfamily. Hexamers of connexin-43 form connexons, which aggregate together to form gap junctions, through which materials of low MW diffuse from one cell to a neighboring cell. May play a critical role in the physiology of hearing by participating in the recycling of potassium to the cochlear endolymph.

Protein type: Membrane protein, integral; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Channel, misc.

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 6q22.31

Cellular Component: Golgi apparatus; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; focal adhesion; contractile fiber; lysosome; integral to plasma membrane; early endosome; intermediate filament; fascia adherens; cytosol; lipid raft; Golgi membrane; connexon complex; multivesicular body; mitochondrial outer membrane; apical plasma membrane; plasma membrane; gap junction; lateral plasma membrane

Molecular Function: signal transducer activity; protein binding; ion transmembrane transporter activity; beta-tubulin binding; SH3 domain binding; gap junction channel activity; PDZ domain binding; receptor binding

Biological Process: lens development in camera-type eye; response to peptide hormone stimulus; apoptosis; heart development; neuron migration; milk ejection; positive regulation of vasodilation; signal transduction; elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration; cell-cell signaling; muscle contraction; negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation; transport; positive regulation of glomerular filtration; response to glucose stimulus; positive regulation of striated muscle development; heart looping; ***** heart development; ATP transport; chronic inflammatory response; positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade; gap junction assembly; epithelial cell maturation; in utero embryonic development; regulation of bone remodeling; skeletal muscle regeneration; positive regulation of insulin secretion; regulation of calcium ion transport; vascular transport; protein oligomerization; osteoblast differentiation; positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation; negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation; positive regulation of protein catabolic process; positive regulation of vasoconstriction; blood vessel morphogenesis; embryonic digit morphogenesis; regulation of bone mineralization; neurite morphogenesis; response to pH

Disease: Syndactyly, Type Iii; Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia, Autosomal Recessive; Palmoplantar Keratoderma And Congenital Alopecia 1; Atrioventricular Septal Defect 3; Oculodentodigital Dysplasia; Erythrokeratodermia Variabilis Et Progressiva; Oculodentodigital Dysplasia, Autosomal Recessive; Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome 1

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