Product datasheet Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody ab77037 2 References 5 Images Overview Product name Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody Description Mouse monoclonal to Syntaxin 4 Tested applications WB, Flow Cyt, ICC/IF, ELISA Species reactivity Reacts with: Mouse, Human Immunogen Recombinant protein fragment with GST tag, corresponding to amino acids 19 - 120 of Human Syntaxin 4 (NP_004595) Positive control HeLa cell lysate Properties Form Liquid Storage instructions Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles. Storage buffer Preservative: None Constituents: 1X PBS, pH 7.2 Purity Protein A purified Clonality Monoclonal Isotype IgG1 Light chain type kappa Applications Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab77037 in the following tested applications. The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user. Application Abreviews Notes WB 1/500 - 1/1000. Predicted molecular weight: 33 kDa. Flow Cyt Use 1µg for 106 cells. ab170190-Mouse monoclonal IgG1, is suitable for use as an isotype control with this antibody. ICC/IF Use a concentration of 10 µg/ml. 1 Application Abreviews Notes ELISA Use at an assay dependent concentration. Detection limit for ab77037 is approximately 1ng/ml as a capture antibody. Target Function Plasma membrane t-SNARE that mediates docking of transport vesicles. Necessary for the translocation of SLC2A4 from intracellular vesicles to the plasma membrane. Together with STXB3 and VAMP2, may also play a role in docking/fusion of intracellular GLUT4-containing vesicles with the cell surface in adipocytes (By similarity). May also play a role in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones. Tissue specificity Expressed in neutrophils and neutrophil-differentiated HL-60 cells. Expression in neutrophils increases with differentiation. Sequence similarities Belongs to the syntaxin family. Contains 1 t-SNARE coiled-coil homology domain. Cellular localization Cell membrane. Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody images Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037) at 1/500 dilution + HeLa cell lysate at 25 µg Secondary Goat anit-mouse IgG (H&L)-HRP conjugate at 1/2500 dilution Predicted band size : 33 kDa Western blot - Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037) Observed band size : 34 kDa Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037) at 1/500 dilution + recombinant protein Syntaxin 4 at 0.1 µg Secondary Goat anit-mouse IgG (H&L)-HRP conjugate at 1/2500 dilution Western blot - Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037) Predicted band size : 33 kDa Observed band size : 37 kDa 2 ab77037 tested in recombinant GST tagged protein, with a detection limit of approximately 1 ng/ml Sandwich ELISA - Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037) ICC/IF image of ab77037 stained HeLa cells. The cells were 100% methanol fixed (5 min) and then incubated in 1%BSA / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBSTween for 1h to permeabilise the cells and block non-specific protein-protein interactions. The cells were then incubated with the antibody (ab77037, 10µg/ml) overnight at +4°C. The secondary antibody (green) was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat antiImmunocytochemistry/ ImmunofluorescenceSyntaxin 4 antibody(ab77037) mouse IgG (H+L) used at a 1/1000 dilution for 1h. Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red) at a 1/200 dilution for 1h. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue) at a concentration of 1.43µM. 3 Overlay histogram showing HL60 cells stained with ab77037 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody Flow Cytometry - Anti-Syntaxin 4 antibody (ab77037, 1µg/1x106 cells) for 30 min at (ab77037) 22ºC. The secondary antibody used was DyLight® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) (ab96879) at 1/500 dilution for 30 min at 22ºC. Isotype control antibody (black line) was mouse IgG1 [ICIGG1] (ab91353, 2µg/1x106 cells) used under the same conditions. Acquisition of >5,000 events was performed. This antibody gave a positive signal in HL60 cells fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (10 min)/permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min used under the same conditions. 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