Anti-Rab5/RAB5A Antibody Picoband® (monoclonal, 3E9), PE Conjugate

RAB5A (Ras-associated protein RAB5A), also called RAB5, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB5A gene. RAB5 is a rate-limiting component of the machinery regulating the kinetics of membrane traffic in the early endocytic pathway. The RAB5A gene is mapped on 3p24.3. RAB5 is indispensable for a form of receptor tyrosine kinase-induced actin remodeling called circular ruffling.It signals to the actin cytoskeleton through RNTRE, a RAB5-specific GTPase-activating protein (GAP).RAB5 activity on phagosome membranes began to increase on disassembly of the actin coat encapsulating phagosomes. In addition, RAB5 activation is either continuous or repetitive for up to 10 minutes, but it ends before the collapse of engulfed apoptotic cells. Expression of a dominant-negative mutant of RAB5 delayed this collapse of apoptotic thymocytes, showing a role for RAB5 in phagosome maturation.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human Rab5, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by three amino acids.

The small GTPases Rab are key regulators of intracellular membrane trafficking, from the formation of transport vesicles to their fusion with membranes. Rabs cycle between an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound form that is able to recruit to membranes different sets of downstream effectors ly responsible for vesicle formation, movement, tethering and fusion. RAB5A is required for the fusion of plasma membranes and early endosomes. Contributes to the regulation of filopodia extension. Required for the exosomal release of SDCBP, CD63, PDCD6IP and syndecan. Regulates maturation of apoptotic cell-containing phagosomes, probably downstream of DYN2 and PIK3C3.

1.Bucci, C., Parton, R. G., Mather, I. H., Stunnenberg, H., Simons, K., Hoflack, B., Zerial, M. The small GTPase rab5 functions as a regulatory factor in the early endocytic pathway. Cell 70: 715-728, 1992. 2.Kitano, M., Nakaya, M., Nakamura, T., Nagata, S., Matsuda, M. Imaging of Rab5 activity identifies essential regulators for phagosome maturation. Nature 453: 241-245, 2008.  3.Lanzetti, L., Rybin, V., Malabarba, M. G., Christoforidis, S., Scita, G., Zerial, M., Di Fiore, P. P. The Eps8 protein coordinates EGF receptor signalling through Rac and trafficking through Rab5. Nature 408: 374-377, 2000.

Store at -20℃ for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4℃ for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20℃ for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Early endosome membrane. Lipid-anchor. Endosome membrane. Cytosol. Cell membrane. Cytoplasmic side. Melanosome. Cytoplasmic vesicle. Ruffle. Membrane. Phagosome membrane.