Rabbit DES Polyclonal Antibody | anti-DES antibody

DES antibody

Cat. Num. AAA9414196

• Gene Names: DES; CSM1; CSM2; LGMD2R
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Applications: Western Blot
• Purity: Antibodies were purified by affinity purification using immunogen.
• Synonyms: DES; Polyclonal Antibody; DES antibody; CMD1I; CSM1; CSM2; FLJ12025; FLJ39719; FLJ41013; FLJ41793; anti-DES antibody

• Host: Rabbit
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Specificity: The antibody detects endogenous level of total DES antibody.
• Purity/Purification: Antibodies were purified by affinity purification using immunogen.
• Form/Format: Supplied at 1.0mg/mL in phosphate buffered saline (without Mg2+ and Ca2+), pH 7.4, 150mM NaCl, 0.02% sodium azide and 50% glycerol.
• Concentration: 1.0 mg/ml (varies by lot)
• Sequence Length: 470

• Applicable Applications for anti-DES antibody: Western Blot (WB)
• Application Notes: Western blotting: 1:500 - 1:2000
• Immunogen Type: Recombinant Protein
• Immunogen Description: Recombinant protein of human DES.
• Target Name: DES
• Preparation and Storage: Store at -20 degree C

Western Blot (WB)

(Western blot analysis of heart cell lysate using DES antibody.)

Related Product Information for anti-DES antibody

The cytoskeleton consists of three types of cytosolic fibers: microfilaments (actin filaments), intermediate filaments and microtubules. Major types of intermediate filaments are distinguished and expressed in particular cell types: cytokeratins (epithelial cells), glial fibrillary acidic protein or GFAP (glial cells), desmin (skeletal, visceral and certain vascular smooth muscle cells), vimentin (mesenchyme origin) and neurofilaments (neurons). GFAP and vimentin form intermediate filaments in astroglial cells and modulate their motility and shape (1). In particular, vimentin filaments are present at early developmental stages, while GFAP filaments are characteristic of differentiated and mature brain astrocytes. Thus, GFAP is commonly used as a marker for intracranial and intraspinal tumors arising from astrocytes (2). Vimentin is present in sarcomas, but not carcinomas, and its expression is examined relative to other markers to distinguish between the two forms of neoplasm (3). Desmin is a myogenic marker expressed in early development that forms a network of filaments that extends across the myofibril and surrounds Z discs. The desmin cytoskeleton provides a connection among myofibrils, organelles and the cytoskeleton (4). Desmin knockout mice develop cardiomyopathy, skeletal and smooth muscle defects (5). In humans, desmin related myopathies might be caused by mutations in the corresponding desmin gene or in proteins with which desmin interacts, including aB-crystallin and synemin. Disorganized desmin filaments and the accumulation of protein aggregates comprised predominantly of desmin characterize desmin-related myopathies (reviewed in 6,7).

Product Categories/Family for anti-DES antibody

Total protein Ab

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 55749932
• NCBI GeneID: 1674
• NCBI Accession #: NP_001918.3
• NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #: NM_001927.3
• UniProt Accession #: P17661; Q15787; Q549R7; Q549R8; Q549R9; Q8IZR1; Q8IZR6; Q8NES2; Q8NEU6; Q8TAC4; Q8TCX2; Q8TD99
• Molecular Weight: 53,536 Da
• NCBI Official Full Name: desmin
• NCBI Official Synonym Full Names: desmin
• NCBI Official Symbol: DES
• NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: CSM1; CSM2; LGMD2R
• NCBI Protein Information: desmin
• UniProt Protein Name: Desmin
• Protein Family: Desmin
• UniProt Gene Name: DES
• UniProt Entry Name: DESM_HUMAN

NCBI Description

This gene encodes a muscle-specific class III intermediate filament. Homopolymers of this protein form a stable intracytoplasmic filamentous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene are associated with desmin-related myopathy, a familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy (CSM), and with distal myopathies. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Uniprot Description

desmin: a class-III intermediate filaments found in muscle cells. In adult striated muscle they form a fibrous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane from the periphery of the Z-line structures. Mutations in this gene are associated with desmin-related myopathy, a familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy (CSM), and with distal myopathies.

Protein type: Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Cytoskeletal

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 2q35

Cellular Component: intermediate filament; fascia adherens; Z disc; cytosol; neuromuscular junction; sarcolemma

Molecular Function: identical protein binding; protein binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; cytoskeletal protein binding

Biological Process: muscle contraction; cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis; regulation of heart contraction; muscle filament sliding

Disease: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1i; Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, Neurogenic, Kaeser Type; Myopathy, Myofibrillar, 1; Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-girdle, Type 2r