Human BANK1 Alexa Fluor® 350-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

Background: BANK1

BANK1 (B cell scaffold protein with ANKyrin repeats) is a cytoplasmic scaffold protein containing ankyrin repeats. Although its predicted MW is 85 kDa, due to its highly acidic nature, it runs anomalously at 97-105 kDa in SDS-PAGE. It is expressed in select cell types, including mature B cells and pancreatic islet beta ‑cells. In B cells, following BCR activation, IP₃ is generated and BANK1 is phosphorylated by BCR-associated Syk (Spleen Tyr kinase). At this point, phosphorylated BANK1 subsequently interacts with both cytosolic Lyn (Lck/Yes-related Novel tyrosine kinase) and IP₃R, leading to an IP₃ receptor highly sensitive to IP₃. Increased cellular IP₃ binding to IP₃R stimulates the release of calcium from intracellular stores. BANK1 is also posited to participate in the regulation of IgM production, its role in this case being that of a negative modulator of secretion. Human BANK1 is 785 amino acids (aa) in length. It contains an IP₃R interaction region (aa 1-154), followed by a DBB domain (aa 200-327) that is involved in dimerization, and two consecutive ANK repeats (aa 345-408). There are at least three isoform variants. One utilizes an alternative start site at Met31, a second contains an eight aa substitution for aa 1-23, and a third shows a deletion of aa 24-156. BANK1 is known to form homo- and heterodimers with its isoforms, and a Arg61 to His61 transition is reported to be correlated with reduced homooligomer formation. Over aa 480-785, human BANK1 shares 73% aa sequence identity with mouse BANK1.

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Related Research Areas

• B Cell Activation