Anti-Cyclin T1 Antibody Picoband® (monoclonal, 3B7)

Cyclin-T1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCNT1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the highly conserved cyclin C subfamily. The encoded protein tightly associates with cyclin-dependent kinase 9, and is a major subunit of positive transcription elongation factor b (p-TEFb) . In humans, there are multiple forms of positive transcription elongation factor b, which may include one of several different cyclins along with cyclin-dependent kinase 9. The complex containing the encoded cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinase 9 acts as a cofactor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein, and is both necessary and sufficient for full activation of viral transcription. This cyclin and its kinase partner are also involved in triggering transcript elongation through phosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal domain of the largest RNA polymerase II subunit. Overexpression of this gene is implicated in tumor growth. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Histone-binding protein RBBP4; Chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit C; CAF-1 subunit C; Chromatin assembly factor I p48 subunit; CAF-I 48 kDa subunit; CAF-I p48; Nucleosome-remodeling factor subunit RBAP48; Retinoblastoma-binding protein 4; RBBP-4; Retinoblastoma-binding protein p48; RBBP4; RBAP48

Core histone-binding subunit that may target chromatin assembly factors, chromatin remodeling factors and histone deacetylases to their histone substrates in a manner that is regulated by nucleosomal DNA. Component of several complexes which regulate chromatin metabolism. These include the chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) complex, which is required for chromatin assembly following DNA replication and DNA repair; the core histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex, which promotes histone deacetylation and consequent transcriptional repression; the nucleosome remodeling and histone deacetylase complex (the NuRD complex), which promotes transcriptional repression by histone deacetylation and nucleosome remodeling; the PRC2/EED-EZH2 complex, which promotes repression of homeotic genes during development; and the NURF (nucleosome remodeling factor) complex.

1. Entrez Gene: CCNT1 cyclin T1. 2. Peng J, Zhu Y, Milton JT, Price DH (April 1998) . Identification of multiple cyclin subunits of human P-TEFb. Genes Dev. 12 (5) : 755–62. 3. Wei P, Garber ME, Fang SM, Fischer WH, Jones KA (March 1998) . A novel CDK9-associated C-type cyclin interacts ly with HIV-1 Tat and mediates its high-affinity, loop-specific binding to TAR RNA. Cell92 (4) : 451–62.

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 freezing and thawing.