Anti-Voltage Gated Potassium Channel, Kv2.2 Subunit

Polyclonal Antibody

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The antibody has been directly tested for reactivity in Western blots in rat tissues.
Western blot of rat brain homogenate showing specific immunolabeling of the ~125k voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv2.2 (Control). The immunolabeling is blocked by preadsorption with the peptide used as antigen (Peptide block).

Liquid. 100 ul in 10 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 ug per ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Adequate amount of material to conduct 10-mini Western Blots.

Voltage-gated K+ channels are important determinants of neuronal membrane excitability (Pongs, 1999). Moreover, differences in K+ channel expression patterns and densities contribute to the variations in action potential waveforms and repetitive firing patterns evident in different neuronal cell types. The delayed rectifier-type (IK)channels (Kv1.5, Kv2.1, and Kv2.2) are expressed on all neuronal somata and proximal dendrites and are also found in a wide variety of non-neuronal cells types including pancreatic islets, alveolar cells and cardiac myocytes (Hwang et al., 1993; Yan et al., 2004; Michaelevski et al., 2003). Kv2.1 and Kv2.2 form distinct populations of K+ channels and these subunits are thought to be primarily responsible for IK in superior cervical ganglion cells (Blaine and Ribera, 1998; Burger and Ribera, 1996).

Polyclonal

Peptide from the subunit region of the voltage gated potassium channel, Kv2.2 of rat and Xenopus, conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH).

Specific for the ~125k voltage gated potassium channel, Kv 2.2 subunit.