TFIID Polyclonal Antibody

Ab type

Primary antibody

Background

Initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II requires the activities of more than 70 polypeptides. TATA-box-binding protein that coordinates these activities is transcription factor IID (TFIID), which binds to the core promoter to position the polymerase properly, serves as the scaffold for assembly of the remainder of the transcription complex, and acts as a channel for regulatory signals. TFIID is composed of the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and a group of evolutionarily conserved proteins known as TBP-associated factors or TAFs. TAFs may participate in basal transcription, serve as coactivators, function in promoter recognition or modify general transcription factors (GTFs) to facilitate complex assembly and transcription initiation. TBP encodes TBP, the TATA-binding protein. A distinctive feature of TBP is a long string of glutamines in the N-terminus. This region of the protein modulates the DNA binding activity of the C terminus, and modulation of DNA binding affects the rate of transcription complex formation and initiation of transcription. The number of CAG repeats encoding the polyglutamine tract is usually 25-42, and expansion of the number of repeats to 45-66 increases the length of the polyglutamine string and is associated with spinocerebellar ataxia 17, a neurodegenerative disorder classified as a polyglutamine disease. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Reactivity

Human;Mouse;Rat

Clonality

Polyclonal

Host

Rabbit

Isotype

IgG

Immunogen

The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human TBP. AA range:151-200

Storage Stability

-20°C for one year

Concentration

1 mg/ml

MolecularWeight_Da

37698

synonyms

TBP; GTF2D1; TF2D; TFIID; TATA-box-binding protein; TATA sequence-binding protein; TATA-binding factor; TATA-box factor; Transcription initiation factor TFIID TBP subunit