Anti-MCM6 Antibody Picoband® (monoclonal, 3I4C8)

MCM6 (Minichromosome maintenance, s. pombe, homolog of, 6) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM6 gene. MCM6 is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The MCM genes were originally identified in yeast defective in minichromosome maintenance and have since been shown to play roles in the progression of the cell cycle; many are cell division control genes. The MCM6 gene is mapped on 2q21.3. Mcm 6 has recently been shown to interact strongly Cdt1 at defined residues, by mutating these target residues Wei et al. observed lack of Cdt1 recruitment of Mcm2-7 to the pre-RC. An approximately 200-kb region surrounding the C/T (-13910) polymorphism in MCM6 intron 13 functioned as an enhancer of the lactase gene promoter in intestinal cell culture.

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. Bersaglieri, T., Sabeti, P. C., Patterson, N., Vanderploeg, T., Schaffner, S. F., Drake, J. A., Rhodes, M., Reich, D. E., Hirschhorn, J. N. Genetic signatures of strong recent positive selection at the lactase gene. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 74: 1111-1120, 2004. 2. Coelho, M., Luiselli, D., Bertorelle, G., Lopes, A. I., Seixas, S., Destro-Bisol, G., Rocha, J. Microsatellite variation and evolution of human lactase persistence. Hum. Genet. 117: 329-339, 2005. 3. Enattah, N. S., Sahi, T., Savilahti, E., Terwilliger, J. D., Peltonen, L., Jarvela, I. Identification of a variant associated with adult-type hypolactasia. Nature Genet. 30: 233-237, 2002.

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.