PRC1 Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total PRC1 protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly522 of human PRC1 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Protein Regulator of Cytokinesis 1 (PRC1) is a member of the MAP65/ASE1 family of nonmotor microtubule-associated proteins, first described in budding yeast (1,2). PRC1 is a substrate of CDK1, which maintains PRC1 in an inactive, monomeric state (2). Cell-cycle dependent degradation of CDK1 leads to dephosphorylation of PRC1 and subsequent KIF4-mediated translocation to the plus ends of microtubules, where it promotes microtubule bundling by cross-linking antiparallel microtubules (3-5). The microtubule bundling functions of PRC1 play a critical role in maintaining structural integritry of the spindle midzone during cytokinesis (3,6,7).