Anti-MBD2 antibody

Anti-MBD2 antibody

Cat. No.     JK263542   
Package    25 μl/100 μl/200 μl
Storage    -20°C, pH7.4 PBS, 0.05% NaN3, 40% Glycerol

Product overview
Description                   Anti-MBD2 rabbit polyclonal antibody
Applications        ELISA, IHC 
Immunogen               Synthetic peptide of human MBD2
Reactivity                 Human, Mouse
Content                     0.6 mg/ml
Host species               Rabbit
Ig class                  Immunogen-specific rabbit IgG
Purification                 Antigen affinity purification


Target information
Symbol                 MBD2
Full name                 methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2
Synonyms    DMTase; NY-CO-41
Swissprot    Q9UBB5

Target Background
DNA methylation is the major modification of eukaryotic genomes and plays an essential role in mammalian development. Human proteins MECP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 comprise a family of nuclear proteins related by the presence in each of a methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). Each of these proteins, with the exception of MBD3, is capable of binding specifically to methylated DNA. MECP2, MBD1 and MBD2 can also repress transcription from methylated gene promoters. The protein encoded by this gene may function as a mediator of the biological consequences of the methylation signal. It is also reported that the this protein functions as a demethylase to activate transcription, as DNA methylation causes gene silencing. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.