• Species Reactivity

  Human

• Specificity

  Detects human Melanotransferrin/CD228 in ELISAs.

• Source

  Monoclonal Mouse IgG    ₁ Clone # 893438

• Purification

  Protein A or G purified from hybridoma culture supernatant

• Immunogen

  HEK293 human embryonic kidney cell line transfected with human Melanotransferrin/CD228    
  Met1-Gly711    
  Accession # P08582

• Formulation

  Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS with Trehalose. *Small pack size (SP) is supplied as a 0.2 µm filtered solution in PBS.

• Label

  Unconjugated

Applications

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  Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Western Blot

  1 µg/mL

  See below

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• Simple Western

  10 µg/mL

  See below

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

Data Examples

Preparation and Storage

• Reconstitution

  Reconstitute at 0.5 mg/mL in sterile PBS.

• Shipping

  The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. *Small pack size (SP) is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at -20 to -70 °C

• Stability & Storage

  Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.    

• 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.

• 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

• 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: Melanotransferrin/CD228

Melanotransferrin, also known as MTF, CD228, melanoma-associated antigen p97, MAP97 and MFI2, is a 90-97 kDa sialoglycoprotein member of the transferrin family. Unlike other transferrins, which are secreted, MTF is usually found tethered to the cell membrane by a glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol anchor, with only small amounts of soluble protein detected. MTF is highly expressed on melanoma cells, and at lower levels in salivary gland, pancreas, kidney and testis. Like other transferrins, MTF is an iron-binding protein, and may play roles in cellular proliferation, tumorigenesis, metastasis and migration. Full-length human, mouse and rat MTF is 738 amino acids (aa). Over aa 1-711, human MTF shares 85 and 86% aa identity with mouse and rat MTF, respectively.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  4241 (Human); 30060 (Mouse); 288038 (Rat)

• Alternate Names:

  antigen p97 (melanoma associated) identified by monoclonal antibodies 133.2 and96.5; CD228 antigen; CD228; FLJ38863; MAP97; MAP97Melanoma-associated antigen p97; Melanotransferrin; membrane-bound transferrin-like protein; MFI2; MGC4856; MTF; MTF1; p97