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Designing an IHC experiment for Alkbh8? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the ALKBH8 IHC GuideFacts about Alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 8.
Has a preference for tRNA(Arg) and tRNA(Glu), and does not bind tRNA(Lys) (By similarity). Binds tRNA and catalyzes the iron and alpha- ketoglutarate dependent hydroxylation of 5-methylcarboxymethyl uridine in the wobble position of the anticodon loop in tRNA via its dioxygenase domain, giving rise to 5-(S)- methoxycarbonylhydroxymethyluridine; has a preference for tRNA(Gly) (PubMed:20583019).
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Alkbh8 |
| Uniprot: | Q80Y20 |
| Entrez: | 67667 |

| Belongs to: |
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| alkB family |

ABH8MGC10235; AlkB homologue 8; alkB, alkylation repair homolog 8 (E. coli); alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 8; EC 1.14.11.-; EC 2.1.1.-; FLJ38204; Probable alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase ABH8; S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent tRNA methyltransferase ABH8
Mass (kDA):
74.768 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 9|9 A1 |
| Sequence: | 9; |



PMID: 20583019 by Fu Y., et al. The AlkB domain of mammalian ABH8 catalyzes hydroxylation of 5- methoxycarbonylmethyluridine at the wobble position of tRNA.
PMID: 20123966 by Songe-Moller L., et al. Mammalian ALKBH8 possesses tRNA methyltransferase activity required for the biogenesis of multiple wobble uridine modifications implicated in translational decoding.