Mouse Ki67/MKI67 Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680-conjugated Antibody

MKI67 (also Ki67 and TSG126) is a 350-370 kDa nuclear protein that belongs to a molecular group comprised of mitotic chromosome-associated proteins. Ki67 was originally recognized as an antigen associated with the monoclonal Ki67 antibody raised against Hodgkin's lymphoma nuclear material. Ki67 is contextually expressed, being potentially found in all cells that are not in the Go phase of the cell cycle. Thus, MKI67 qualifies as a cell proliferation marker. Functionally, Ki67 is known to interact with 160 kDa Hklp2, a protein that promotes centrosome separation and spindle bipolarity. It also directly interacts with NIFK, and apparently binds to UBF, thus playing a role in rRNA synthesis. Mouse MKI67 is 3177 amino acids (aa) in length. It contains one FHA domain (aa 8-101), followed by sixteen 120 aa repeats (aa 993-2872). There are two potential isoform variants. One isoform shows a 19 aa substitution for 1120-3177, while a second isoform contains a deletion of aa 1169-1409. Over aa 3053-3177, mouse Ki67 shares 46% and 74% aa sequence identity with the human and rat orthologs to Ki67, respectively.