Calmodulin Monoclonal Antibody (6D4)

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Product Description

MA3-918 detects calmodulin from bovine, chicken, Chlamydomonas, Dictyostelium, and rat samples. This antibody does not detect parvalbumin, tropinin, S-100, or myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). MA3-918 has been successfully used in Western blot, immunocytochemistry and ELISA procedures. By Western blot, this antibody detects a 17 kDa protein representing calmodulin from Dictyostelium cell lysate. Addition of EGTA to buffers completely inhibits antibody staining. Immunohistochemical staining of calmodulin in Dictyostelium cells with MA3-918 results in staining of the contractile vacuoles. The MA3-918 antigen is calmodulin purified from Dictyostelium discoideum. Calmodulin mediates the control of a large number of enzymes, ion channels, aquaporins and other proteins by Ca2+. Among the enzymes to be stimulated by the calmodulin-Ca2+ complex are a number of protein kinases and phosphatases. Together with CCP110 and centrin, is involved in a genetic pathway that regulates the centrosome cycle and progression through cytokinesis. Calmodulin is a small, highly conserved calcium binding protein found in all eukaryotic cells. With the capacity to bind up to four calcium ions, this 17 kDa protein acts as an important intracellular receptor for regulatory calcium signals. As