Western Blotting (WB), Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Sections) (IHC (p))
Predicted Reactivity
M, Pig
Purification
This antibody is purified through a protein A column, followed by peptide affinity purification.
Immunogen
This ATG4D antibody is generated from rabbits immunized with a KLH conjugated synthetic peptide between 326~356 amino acids surrounding S341 of human APG4D.
APG4 is a cysteine protease required for autophagy, which cleaves the C-terminal part of either MAP1LC3, GABARAPL2 or GABARAP, allowing the liberation of form I. A subpopulation of form I is subsequently converted to a smaller form (form II). Form II, with a revealed C-terminal glycine, is considered to be the phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-conjugated form, and has the capacity for the binding to autophagosomes. Macroautophagy is the major inducible pathway for the general turnover of cytoplasmic constituents in eukaryotic cells, it is also responsible for the degradation of active cytoplasmic enzymes and organelles during nutrient starvation. Macroautophagy involves the formation of double-membrane bound autophagosomes which enclose the cytoplasmic constituent targeted for degradation in a membrane bound structure, which then fuse with the lysosome (or vacuole) releasing a single-membrane bound autophagic bodies which are then degraded within the lysosome (or vacuole).