| Immunogen | Fulllength,GST-taggedrecombinantbetacatenin. | 
| Clone | 7F7.2 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | AntibodyrecognizesBeta-catenin. | 
| Isotype | IgG1κ | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| SpeciesReactivityNote | TestedandpassedonMouse.UnconjugatedAbpartnumber04-958alsoreactsagainsthumanandrat. | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Beta-cateninisanadherensjunctionprotein.Adherensjunctions(AJs;alsocalledthezonulaadherens)arecriticalfortheestablishmentandmaintenanceofepitheliallayers,suchasthoseliningorgansurfaces.AJsmediateadhesionbetweencells,communicateasignalthatneighboringcellsarepresent,andanchortheactinCytoskeleton.Inservingtheseroles,AJsregulatenormalcellgrowthandbehavior.Atseveralstagesofembryogenesis,woundhealing,andtumorcellmetastasis,cellsformandleaveepithelia.Thisprocess,whichinvolvesthedisruptionandreestablishmentofepithelialcell-cellcontacts,mayberegulatedbythedisassemblyandassemblyofAJs.AJsmayalsofunctioninthetransmissionofthe"contactinhibition"signal,whichinstructscellstostopdividingonceanepithelialsheetiscomplete.[suppliedbyOMIM] | 
| GeneSymbol | CTNNBCTNNB1FLJ25606FLJ37923DKFZp686D02253
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| PurificationMethod | ProteinGPurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:InvolvedintheregulationofcelladhesionandinsignaltransductionthroughtheWntpathway. 
 SUBUNIT:Twoseparatepoolsarefoundinthecytoplasm:oneisPSEN1/cadherin/catenincomplexwhichanchorstotheactincytoskeleton.TheotherpoolispartofalargecomplexcontainingAXIN1,AXIN2,APC,CSNK1A1andGSK3BthatpromotesphosphorylationonN-terminalSerandThrresiduesandubiquitinationofCTNNB1viaBTRCanditssubsequentdegradationbytheproteasome.Wnt-dependentactivationofDVLantagonizestheactionofGSK3B.WhenGSK3Bactivityisinhibitedthecomplexdissociates,CTNNB1isdephosphorylatedandisnolongertargetedfordestruction.ThestABIlizedproteintranslocatestothenucleus,whereitbindsTCF/LEF-1familymembers,TBP,BCL9andpossIBLyalsoRUVBL1andDUPLIN.BindsCTNNBIPandEP300.CTNNB1formsaternarycomplexwithLEF1andEP300thatisdisruptedbyCTNNBIP1binding(Bysimilarity).InteractswiththePDZdomainofTAX1BP3;thisinteractioninhibitsthetranscriptionalactivityofCTNNB1(Bysimilarity).InteractswithAJAP1,BAIAP1,CARM1,CTNNA3,CXADRandPCDH11Y.BindsSLC9A3R1.InteractswithGLIS2andMUC1.InteractswithSLC30A9.InteractswithXIRP1(Bysimilarity).
 
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Cytoplasm,cytoskeleton.Note=Cytoplasmicwhenitisunstabilized(highlevelofphosphorylation)orboundtoCDH1.Translocatestothenucleuswhenitisstabilized(lowlevelofphosphorylation).InteractionwithGLIS2andMUC1promotesnucleartranslocation.
 
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedinseveralhairfolliclecelltypes:basalandperipheralmatrixcells,andcellsoftheouterandinnerrootsheats.Expressedincolon.
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| MolecularWeight | 92kDaObserved |