Anti-Dnmt1 (1-248) antibody, affinity-purified (rabbit polyclonal)

Anti-Dnmt1 (1-248) antibody, affinity-purified (rabbit polyclonal) 


General information 

Description 

Dnmt1 (DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 1) has a role in the establishment and regulation of tissue-specific patterns of methylated cytosine residues (epigenetics). Hypermethylation in promoter regions are associated with repression of the genes. Aberrant methylation patterns are associated with certain human tumors and developmental abnormalities. This antibody was raised by Prof. S. Tajima of Osaka Univ. and used in Ref.3. 
The data of Western blotting and immuno-fluorescence staining obtained by using this antibody are shown in the next page.

Figure Use of anti-Dnmt1 (1-248) antibody for Western blotting and immuno-fluorescence staining

a) Subnuclear localization of Dnmt1 (green), Np95 (red) and Pcna (blue) in mouse embryonic stem cells (E14) during
cell-cycle progression (bottom). Merged images for Np95 and Dnmt1 are shown. Profile of DNA content in exponentially growing ECSs is shown (top).

b) Association of Np95 with Dnmt1 and Pcna in HeLa cell nuclear extracts. Human NP95 was tagged by biotin-binding
domain and stably expressed in HeLa cells together with the E. coli BirA biotin ligase gene. Biotylated Np95 was captured by streptoavidin beads. The captured proteins were eluted from the beads and analyzed by Western bloting using antibodies against Dnmt1 and Pcna.

c) Catalytic activity of NP95 associated Dnmt1 in HeLa cells. The presence of Dnmt1 in the NP95 complexes was confirmed by Western blot and the DNA methyltransferase activity of the extracts was measured. (The data were kindly provided by Dr. M. Muto of Riken Research Center for Allergy and Immunology.) 

References
This antibody was used for Western blotting and immuno-fluorescence staining in Ref. 3.

1. Di Croce L et al “Methyltransferase recruitment and DNA hypermethylation of target promoters by an oncogenic transcription factor.“ Science 295: 1079-1082 (2002) PMID: 11834837
2. Rhee I et al “DNMT1 and DNMT3b cooperate to silence genes in human cancer cells” Nature 416: 552-556 (2002) PMID: 11932749
3. Sharif J et al ” The SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recruiting Dnmt1 to methylated DNA” Nature 450:908-912 (2007) PMID: 17994007

Aliases for DNMT1 Gene

• DNA Methyltransferase 1 ^2 3 5
• CXXC9 ^2 3 4
• MCMT ^2 3 4
• DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1 ^2 3
• DNA (Cytosine-5)-Methyltransferase 1 ^3 4
• CXXC-Type Zinc Finger Protein 9 ^3 4
• DNA Methyltransferase HsaI ^3 4
• DNA MTase HsaI ^3 4
• EC 2.1.1.37 ^4 51
• M.HsaI ^3 4
• DNMT ^3 4
• AIM ^3 4
• ADCADN ³
• HSN1E ³
• DNMT1 ⁵
• Dnmt1 ⁴