Rabbit Polyclonal
ELISA | 1:2000 |
ICC | 1:100 |
WB | 1:500 |
Size 100 μl
Species Reactivity Hu, Rt, Ms
MW 92 kDa
β-Catenin is a 92 kDa protein that binds to the cytoplasmic tail of E-Cadherin. The cadherins, transmembrane adhesion molecules, are found with catenins at adherens junctions. Deletions in the cytoplasmic domain of E-Cadherin eliminate catenin binding and result in a loss of cell adhesion. Tyrosine phosphorylation of β-Catenin can regulate its interaction with critical components of adherens junctions. Both Fer and Fyn kinases phosphorylate tyrosine 142 in vitro. Overexpression of these kinases in epithelial cells disrupts interactions between α- and β-Catenins. The phosphorylation of tyrosine 142 may act as a switch from the transcriptional to the adhesive role of β-Catenin. Src family kinases can also phosphorylate tyrosine 654 in the C-terminal armadillo repeat of β-Catenin. This phosphorylation regulates β-Catenin binding to E-cadherin. Thus, site-specific tyrosine phosphorylation of β-Catenin may regulate specific protein-protein interactions leading to changes in cell adhesion.
References
Western blot analysis of Hct116 src transformed cells (20 µg/lane) serum starved overnight or treated with pervanadate (1 mM) for 30 min. The blot was probed with anti-β-Catenin or anti-β-Catenin (Tyr-142).
Immunocytochemical labeling of phosphorylated β-Catenin in paraformaldehyde-fixed and NP-40-permeabilized rabbit spleen fibroblasts. The cells were labeled with mouse monoclonal β-Catenin and rabbit polyclonal β-Catenin (Tyr-142) antibodies, then the antibodies were detected using appropriate secondary antibodies conjugated to Cy3.
*For more information, see UniProt Accession P35222
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*All molecular weights (MW) are confirmed by comparison to Bio-Rad Rainbow Markers and to western blot mobilities of known proteins with similar MW.
Product References:
Huynh, H. et al. (2019) Int J Oncol. 54(3):1123. (WB: Hepatocellular carcinoma)Kline, A. et al. (2018) Dev Biol. 440(2):99. (ICC: Drosophila ovary)
Hamada-Kawaguchi, N et al. (2015) PLoS One. 10(3):e0121484. (ICC: Drosophila ovary)
Tsuneki, M. et al. (2014) Mol Cell Biol. 34(24): 4485 (IF: mouse EOMA, brain endothelial cells )
Qi, F. et al. (2013) Am J Pathol. 183(5):1654. (WB: human mesothelial)
Krejci, P. et al. (2012) PLoS ONE. 7(4):e35826. (WB: RCS cells)
Beard, R.S. et al. (2011) Blood. 118(7):2007. (ELISA: mouse microvascular ECs)
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