Background: Ubiquitination is an important mechanism through which three classes of enzymes act in concert to target short-lived or abnormal proteins for destruction. The three classes of enzymes involved in ubiquitination are the ubiquitin-activating enzymes (E1s), the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) and the ubiquitin-protein ligases (E3s). RNF40 (RING finger protein 40), also known as BRE1B, Staring or RBP95, is a 1,001 amino acid nuclear protein that contains one RING-type zinc finger. Expressed ubiquitously with highest expression in heart, testis and pancreas, RNF40 functions as an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that regulates the monoubiquitination and subsequent degradation of select residues on target proteins, such as Histone H2B and Syntaxin 1. In addition, RNF40 forms a ubiquitin ligase complex with UBCH6 (an E2 enzyme) and together, these proteins play a crucial role in regulation of the histone code. Four isoforms of RNF40 exist due to alternative splicing events.
Description: Rabbit polyclonal to RNF40
Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from RNF40
Specificity: ·Reacts with Human, Mouse and Rat.
·Isotype: IgG
Application: ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 114 kDa;
·Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin/frozen tissue section): 1/50-200;
·Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: 1/100;
·Immunoprecipitation: 1/50;
·ELISA: 1/500;
·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.