Anti-MGP Antibody Picoband™

Product Name

Anti-MGP Antibody Picoband™

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SKU/Catalog Number

PB9954

Size

100 μg/vial

Form

Lyophilized

Description

Boster Bio Anti-MGP Antibody Picoband™ catalog # PB9954. Tested in IHC, WB applications. This antibody reacts with Human.

Storage & Handling

Store at -20˚C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4˚C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20˚C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Cite This Product

Anti-MGP Antibody Picoband™ (Boster Biological Technology, Pleasanton CA, USA, Catalog # PB9954)

Host

Rabbit

Contents

Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg NaN3.

Clonality

Polyclonal

Isotype

Rabbit IgG

Immunogen

E.coli-derived human MGP recombinant protein (Position: Y20-F96). Human MGP shares 84.4% and 80.5% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse and rat MGP, respectively.

*Blocking peptide can be purchased. Costs vary based on immunogen length. Contact us for pricing.

Cross-reactivity

No cross-reactivity with other proteins

Reactive Species

PB9954 is reactive to MGP in Human

Applications

PB9954 is guaranteed for IHC, WB Boster Guarantee

Observed Molecular Weight

12 kDa

Calculated molecular weight

12.353kDa

Background of MGP

Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is an 84-residue vitamin K-dependent protein initially isolated from bovine bone. In addition, MGP is a 10-kD protein produced and secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells and chondrocytes and significantly accumulated in bone, cartilage, and dentin. It is also expressed at high levels in heart, kidney, and lung and is upregulated by vitamin D in bone cells. MGP has a high affinity binding to calcium ions, similar to other Gla-containing proteins. The protein acts as an inhibitor of vascular mineralization and plays a role in bone organization. And this gene is mapped to 12p12.3.

Antibody Validation

Boster validates all antibodies on WB, IHC, ICC, Immunofluorescence, and ELISA with known positive control and negative samples to ensure specificity and high affinity, including thorough antibody incubations.

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Reconsitution

Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.

Assay Dilutions Recommendation

The recommendations below provide a starting point for assay optimization. The actual working concentration varies and should be decided by the user.

Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Section), 0.5-1μg/ml, Human, By Heat
Western blot, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, Human

Validation Images & Assay Conditions

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Figure 1. Western blot analysis of MGP using anti-MGP antibody (PB9954).
Electrophoresis was performed on a 5-20% SDS-PAGE gel at 70V (Stacking gel) / 90V (Resolving gel) for 2-3 hours. The sample well of each lane was loaded with 30 ug of sample under reducing conditions.
Lane 1: JURKAT whole cell lysates.
After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane at 150 mA for 50-90 minutes. Blocked the membrane with 5% non-fat milk/TBS for 1.5 hour at RT. The membrane was incubated with rabbit anti-MGP antigen affinity purified polyclonal antibody (Catalog # PB9954) at 0.5 μg/mL overnight at 4°C, then washed with TBS-0.1%Tween 3 times with 5 minutes each and probed with a goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP secondary antibody at a dilution of 1:5000 for 1.5 hour at RT. The signal is developed using an Enhanced Chemiluminescent detection (ECL) kit (Catalog # EK1002) with Tanon 5200 system. A specific band was detected for MGP at approximately 12 kDa. The expected band size for MGP is at 12 kDa.

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Figure 2. IHC analysis of MGP using anti-MGP antibody (PB9954).
MGP was detected in a paraffin-embedded section of human lung cancer tissue. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with 1 μg/ml rabbit anti-MGP Antibody (PB9954) overnight at 4°C. Biotinylated goat anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using Strepavidin-Biotin-Complex (SABC) (Catalog # SA1022) with DAB as the chromogen.

Gene/Protein Information For MGP (Source: Uniprot.org, NCBI)

Alternative Names

Cell growth-inhibiting gene 36 protein; matrix Gla protein; MGLAP; NTI MGP GIG36, MGLAP, NTI matrix Gla protein matrix Gla protein|cell growth-inhibiting gene 36 protein

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