MAP2 Antibody detects endogenous levels of all isoforms of MAP2 total protein. This antibody does not cross-react with tau.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to carboxy-terminal residues of human MAP2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is a neuronal phosphoprotein that regulates the structure and stability of microtubules, neuronal morphogenesis, cytoskeleton dynamics and organelle trafficking in axons and dendrites (1). Multiple MAP2 isoforms are expressed in neurons, including high molecular weight MAP2A and MAP2B (280 and 270 kDa), and low molecular weight MAP2C and MAP2D (70 and 75 kDa). Phosphorylation of MAP2 modulates its association with the cytoskeleton and is developmentally regulated. Serine 136, threonine 1620 and threonine 1623 of MAP2 are phosphorylated by GSK3 and p44/42 MAP kinases (2,3). Phosphorylation at threonine 1620/1623 by GSK3 inhibits MAP2 association with microtubules and microtubule stability (3).