MMP8 (N-term) Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

Specifications

Product Data
Applications	IHC, WB
Recommend Dilution	Western blot: 0.75 μg/ml. Immunohistochemistry on paraffin sections: 1-2 μg/ml.
Reactivity	Human, Mouse, Rat
Host	Rabbit
Clonality	Polyclonal
Immunogen	A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminal of human MMP8
Specificity	This antibody detects MMP-8. No cross reactivity with other proteins.
Formulation	5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3 State: Aff - Purified State: Lyophilized Ig fraction
Reconstitution Method	0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500μg/ml.
Purification	Immunogen affinity purified
Conjugation	Unconjugated
Storage Condition	Store at 2 - 8 °C for up to one month or (in aliquots) at -20 °C for longer. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Gene Name	matrix metallopeptidase 8
Database Link	Entrez Gene 17394 MouseEntrez Gene 63849 RatEntrez Gene 4317 Human UniProt ID P22894
Background	MMP8 (Matrix metalloproteinase 8) is a member of the family of matrix metalloproteinases. It is distinct from the collagenase of skin fibroblasts and synovial cells in substrate specificity and immunologic crossreactivity. MMP8 was mapped to 11q21-q22. MMP8 is an enzyme that degrades fibrillar collagens imparting strength to the fetal membranes, is expressed by leukocytes and chorionic cytotrophoblast cells. The enzyme exhibits 58% homology to human fibroblast collagenase and has the same domain structure. It consists of a 20-residue signal peptide, and an 80-residue propeptide that is lost on autolytic activation by cleavage of an M-L bond. MMP8 was found to possess 57% identity with the deduced protein sequence for fibroblast collagenase with 72% chemical similarity. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have fundamental roles in tumor progression, but most clinical trials with MMP inhibitors have not shown improvements in individuals with cancer. MMP8 has a paradoxical protective role in cancer and provides a genetic model to evaluate the molecular basis of gender differences in cancer susceptibility.
Synonyms	Neutrophil collagenase, Matrix metalloproteinase-8, PMNL collagenase, MMP8, CLG1, PMNL-CL
Reference Data
Protein Families	Druggable Genome, Protease

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