C. difficile Toxin B/TcdB Alexa Fluor® 647-conjugated Antibody
R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # AF6246R
Conjugate
Catalog #
Key Product Details
Species Reactivity
C. difficile
Applications
Western Blot
Label
Alexa Fluor 647 (Excitation = 650 nm, Emission = 668 nm)
Antibody Source
Polyclonal Sheep IgG
Product Specifications
Immunogen
E. coli-derived recombinant C. difficile Toxin B/TcdB
Ser2-Leu543
Accession # P18177
Ser2-Leu543
Accession # P18177
Specificity
Detects C. difficile Toxin B/TcdB in direct ELISAs and Western blots.
Clonality
Polyclonal
Host
Sheep
Isotype
IgG
Applications
Application
Recommended Usage
Western Blot
Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.
Formulation, Preparation, and Storage
Purification
Antigen Affinity-purified
Formulation
Supplied 0.2mg/ml in 1X PBS with RDF1 and 0.09% Sodium Azide
Shipping
The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage
Protect from light. Do not freeze. 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied
Background: Toxin B/TcdB
Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea, known as C. difficile-associated disease. The estimated number of cases of C. difficile-associated disease exceeds 250,000 per year (1), with health care costs approaching US $1 billion annually (2). The major virulence factors produced by C. difficile are two toxins, TcdA and TcdB. Both toxins can monoglucosylate and inactivate Rho family small GTPases within target cells, leading to disruption of vital signaling pathways in the cell, subsequently causing diarrhea, inflammation, and damage of colonic mucosa (3, 4, 5). Both toxins have a similar tripartite structure comprised of an N‑terminal glucosyltransferase domain, a C-terminal receptor binding domain, and a small hydrophobic span possibly involved in toxin translocation (6). Our recombinant TcdB consists of the enzymatic domain. Both TcdA and TcdB also have potassium-dependent UDP-Glc hydrolase activity, which is essentially glucosyltransferase activity with water as the acceptor molecule (7). Under same conditions, UDP-glucose hydrolysis by TcdB occurs at a rate about 5-fold greater than that of TcdA.
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Product Specific Notices
This product is provided under an agreement between Life Technologies Corporation and R&D Systems, Inc, and the manufacture, use, sale or import of this product is subject to one or more US patents and corresponding non-US equivalents, owned by Life Technologies Corporation and its affiliates. The purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased amount of the product and components of the product only in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). The sale of this product is expressly conditioned on the buyer not using the product or its components (1) in manufacturing; (2) to provide a service, information, or data to an unaffiliated third party for payment; (3) for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; (4) to resell, sell, or otherwise transfer this product or its components to any third party, or for any other commercial purpose. Life Technologies Corporation will not assert a claim against the buyer of the infringement of the above patents based on the manufacture, use or sale of a commercial product developed in research by the buyer in which this product or its components was employed, provided that neither this product nor any of its components was used in the manufacture of such product. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than research, contact Life Technologies Corporation, Cell Analysis Business Unit, Business Development, 29851 Willow Creek Road, Eugene, OR 97402, Tel: (541) 465-8300. Fax: (541) 335-0354.
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