Background:

Mammalian lens crystallins are divided into alpha, beta, and gamma families. Alpha crystallins are composed of two gene products: alpha-A and alpha-B, for acidic and basic, respectively. Alpha crystallins can be induced by heat shock and are members of the small heat shock protein (HSP20) family. They act as molecular chaperones although they do not renature proteins and release them in the fashion of a true chaperone; instead they hold them in large soluble aggregates. Post-translational modifications decrease the ability to chaperone. These heterogeneous aggregates consist of 30-40 subunits; the alpha-A and alpha-B subunits have a 3: 1 ratio, respectively. Two additional functions of alpha crystallins are an autokinase activity and participation in the intracellular architecture. The crystallin alpha B has been identified as a moonlighting protein based on its ability to perform mechanistically distinct functions. Alpha-A and alpha-B gene products are differentially expressed; alpha-A is preferentially restricted to the lens and alpha-B is expressed widely in many tissues and organs. Elevated expression of alpha-B crystallin occurs in many neurological diseases; a missense mutation cosegregated in a family with a desmin-related myopathy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Classification:

Primary antibody

Alternative names:

CRYAB; CRYA2; Alpha-crystallin B chain; Alpha(B)-crystallin; Heat shock protein beta-5; HspB5; Renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-27; Rosenthal fiber component

Species reactivity:

Human;Mouse;Rat

Host:

Rabbit

Isotype:

IgG

Immunogen:

The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human CRYAB/Crystallin-alpha-B. AA range:21-70

Concentration:

1 mg/ml

Molecular weight:

20159

Applications:

IHC-p, ELISA

Storage:

-20°C for one year

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