Anti-HDAC2 Antibody Picoband®

Histone deacetylase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HDAC2 gene. This gene product belongs to the histone deacetylase family. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes and are responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal region of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) . This protein also forms transcriptional repressor complexes by associating with many different proteins, including YY1, a mammalian zinc-finger transcription factor. Thus it plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Betz et al. (1998) performed PCR using HDAC2-specific primers to screen a somatic cell hybrid mapping panel. They mapped the HDAC2 gene to human chromosome 6q21, a region of the genome altered in some cancers, including retinoblastoma.

Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type-2; BMP type-2 receptor; BMPR-2; Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II; BMP type II receptor; BMPR-II; BMPR2; PPH1

Cardiovascular, Cytoskeleton/ECM, Extracellular Matrix, Growth Factors/Hormones, Hypertrophy, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Protein Phosphorylation, Ser/Thr Kinases, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathways, Stem Cells, Structures, Surface Molecules, TGF Beta

On ligand binding, forms a receptor complex consisting of two type II and two type I transmembrane serine/threonine kinases. Type II receptors phosphorylate and activate type I receptors which autophosphorylate, then bind and activate SMAD transcriptional regulators. Binds to BMP7, BMP2 and, less efficiently, BMP4. Binding is weak but enhanced by the presence of type I receptors for BMPs. Mediates induction of adipogenesis by GDF6.

1. Betz R, Gray SG, Ekstrom C, Larsson C, Ekstrom TJ (Dec 1998) . Human histone deacetylase 2, HDAC2 (Human RPD3), is localized to 6q21 by radiation hybrid mapping.

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