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Product Name
Hsc70 StressXpress® ELISA Kit
Catalog #
SKT-106
Alternative Names
Hsc54, Hsc71, Hsc73, Hsp71, Hsp73, HspA10, HspA8, LAP1, NIP71
Size
96-well
Type
ELISA
Description
ELISA kit used to quantitate the Hsc70 concentration in samples
Species Reactivity
Human
Sample Type
Cell lysates, tissue extracts, serum samples
Research Area
Chaperones, Heat Shock
Incubation Time
30 minutes
Sensitivity
1.54ng/mL
Assay Range
150-2.34ng/mL
Storage Temp
4°C
Shipping Temp
Blue Ice, 4°C
Price
$625.00 USD Add to Cart Bulk Quote
Hsc70 ELISA Kit Catalog# SKT-106 (96 well kit)

 
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Research Background
Hsp70 genes encode abundant heat-inducible 70-kDa hsps (hsp70s). In most eukaryotes hsp70 genes exist as part of a multigene family. They are found in most cellular compartments of eukaryotes including nuclei, mitochondria, chloroplasts, the endoplasmic reticulum and the cytosol, as well as in bacteria. The genes show a high degree of conservation, having at least 5O% identity (2). The N-terminal two thirds of hsp70s are more conserved than the C-terminal third. Hsp70 binds ATP with high affinity and possesses a weak ATPase activity which can be stimulated by binding to unfolded proteins and synthetic peptides (3). When hsc70 (constitutively expressed) present in mammalian cells was truncated, ATP binding activity was found to reside in an N-terminal fragment of 44 kDa which lacked peptide binding capacity. Polypeptide binding ability therefore resided within the C-terminal half (4). The structure of this ATP binding domain displays multiple features of nucleotide binding proteins (5). When cells are subjected to metabolic stress (e.g., heat shock) a member of the hsp 70 family, hsp 70 (hsp72), is expressed; hsp 70 is highly related to hsc70 (>90% sequence identity). Constitutively expressed hsc70 rapidly forms a stable complex with the highly inducible hsp70 in cells following heat shock. The interaction of hsc70 with hsp 70 is regulated by ATP. These two heat shock proteins move together in the cell experiencing stress. Furthermore, research on hsc70 has implicates it with a role in facilitating the recovery of centrosomal structure and function after heat shock (6).
References
1. Brown C.L., et al. (1993) J.Cell Biol., 120 (5): 1101-1112.
2. Boorstein W.R., Ziegelhoffer T., and Craig E.A. (1993) J. Mol. Evol. 38(1): 1-17.
3. Rothman J. (1989) Cell 59: 591-601.
4. DeLuca-Flaherty, et al. (1990) Cell 62: 875-887.
5. Bork P., Sander C., and Valencia A. (1992) Proc. Nut1 Acad. Sci. USA 89: 7290-7294.
6. Brown C.L., et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271(2): 833-840.
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