Rabbit Histone H4 Polyclonal Antibody | anti-H4 antibody

Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) Polyclonal Antibody

Cat. Num. AAA3011743

• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Other (Wide Range)
• Applications: Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence
• Purity: The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen and the purity is >95% (by SDS-PAGE).
• Synonyms: Histone H4; Polyclonal Antibody; Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) Polyclonal Antibody; H4R3me2s; anti-H4 antibody

• Host: Rabbit
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Other (Wide Range)
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Isotype: IgG
• Specificity: Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) polyclonal antibody detects endogenous levels of histone H4 only when Symmetric Di-Methyled at Arg3.
• Purity/Purification: The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen and the purity is >95% (by SDS-PAGE).
• Form/Format: Rabbit IgG, 1mg/ml in PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.2
• Sequence Length: 103

• Applicable Applications for anti-H4 antibody: Western Blot (WB), Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunofluorescence (IF)
• Application Notes: WB: 1:500-1:2000; IHC: 1:50-1:200; IF: 1:50-1:200
• Immunogen: Synthetic peptide conjugated to KLH derived from within residues 1-100 of Human Histone H4, sDi-methylated at R3.
• Preparation and Storage: Store at 4 degree C short term.; Aliquot and store at -20 degree C long term.; Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.

Western Blot (WB)

(Western Blot analysis of extracts of HeLa cell line and H4 protein expressed in E. coli., using Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) antibody.)

Dot Blot (DB)

(Dot-blot analysis of all sorts of methylation peptides using Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) antibody.)

Immunofluorescence (IF)

(Immunofluorescence analysis of 293T cell using Histone H4 (sDi-Methyl R3) antibody. Blue: DAPI for nuclear staining.)

Related Product Information for anti-H4 antibody

Modulation of chromatin structure plays an important role in the regulation of transcription in eukaryotes. The nucleosome, made up of DNA wound around eight core histone proteins (two each of H2A, H2B, H3, and H4), is the primary building block of chromatin. The amino-terminal tails of core histones undergo various post-translational modifications, including acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation, and ubiquitination. These modifications occur in response to various stimuli and have a direct effect on the accessibility of chromatin to transcription factors and, therefore, gene expression.

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 77539758
• NCBI Accession #: NP_001029249.1
• NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #: NP_001029249.1
• UniProt Accession #: P62805
• Molecular Weight: ~ 11kDa
• NCBI Official Full Name: histone H4
• UniProt Protein Name: Histone H4
• Protein Family: Histone
• UniProt Gene Name: HIST1H4A
• UniProt Synonym Gene Names: H4/A; H4FA
• UniProt Entry Name: H4_HUMAN

Uniprot Description

Function: Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling.

Subunit structure: The nucleosome is a histone octamer containing two molecules each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 assembled in one H3-H4 heterotetramer and two H2A-H2B heterodimers. The octamer wraps approximately 147 bp of DNA.

Subcellular location: Nucleus. Chromosome.

Post-translational modification: Acetylation at Lys-6 (H4K5ac), Lys-9 (H4K8ac), Lys-13 (H4K12ac) and Lys-17 (H4K16ac) occurs in coding regions of the genome but not in heterochromatin.Citrullination at Arg-4 (H4R3ci) by PADI4 impairs methylation.Monomethylation and asymmetric dimethylation at Arg-4 (H4R3me1 and H4R3me2a, respectively) by PRMT1 favors acetylation at Lys-9 (H4K8ac) and Lys-13 (H4K12ac). Demethylation is performed by JMJD6. Symmetric dimethylation on Arg-4 (H4R3me2s) by the PRDM1/PRMT5 complex may play a crucial role in the germ-cell lineage.Monomethylated, dimethylated or trimethylated at Lys-21 (H4K20me1, H4K20me2, H4K20me3). Monomethylation is performed by SET8. Trimethylation is performed by SUV420H1 and SUV420H2 and induces gene silencing. Ref.19 Ref.20 Ref.21 Ref.23 Ref.24 Ref.28Phosphorylated by PAK2 at Ser-48 (H4S47ph). This phosphorylation increases the association of H3.3-H4 with the histone chaperone HIRA, thus promoting nucleosome assembly of H3.3-H4 and inhibiting nucleosome assembly of H3.1-H4. Ref.28 Ref.36Ubiquitinated by the CUL4-DDB-RBX1 complex in response to ultraviolet irradiation. This may weaken the interaction between histones and DNA and facilitate DNA accessibility to repair proteins. Monoubiquitinated at Lys-92 of histone H4 (H4K91ub1) in response to DNA damage. The exact role of H4K91ub1 in DNA damage response is still unclear but it may function as a licensing signal for additional histone H4 post-translational modifications such as H4 Lys-21 methylation (H4K20me). Ref.27 Ref.30Sumoylated, which is associated with transcriptional repression. Ref.22Crotonylation (Kcr) is specifically present in male germ cells and marks testis-specific genes in post-meiotic cells, including X-linked genes that escape sex chromosome inactivation in haploid cells. Crotonylation marks active promoters and enhancers and confers resistance to transcriptional repressors. It is also associated with post-meiotically activated genes on autosomes. Ref.35

Sequence similarities: Belongs to the histone H4 family.

Sequence caution: The sequence AAI28106.1 differs from that shown. Reason: Frameshift at position 3.