BRCA2 Polyclonal Antibody

Ab type

Primary antibody

Background

Inherited mutations in BRCA1 and this gene, BRCA2, confer increased lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in maintenance of genome stability, specifically the homologous recombination pathway for double-strand DNA repair. The BRCA2 protein contains several copies of a 70 aa motif called the BRC motif, and these motifs mediate binding to the RAD51 recombinase which functions in DNA repair. BRCA2 is considered a tumor suppressor gene, as tumors with BRCA2 mutations generally exhibit loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the wild-type allele.

Reactivity

Human;Rat

Clonality

Polyclonal

Host

Rabbit

Isotype

IgG

Immunogen

The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human BRCA2. AA range:31-80

Storage Stability

-20°C for one year

Concentration

1 mg/ml

MolecularWeight_Da

384225

synonyms

BRCA2; FACD; FANCD1; Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein; Fanconi anemia group D1 protein