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METTL16 Antibody #17676

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    Supporting Data

    REACTIVITY H M R Mk
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 78
    SOURCE Rabbit
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    • IP-Immunoprecipitation 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • M-Mouse 
    • R-Rat 
    • Mk-Monkey 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000
    Immunoprecipitation 1:50

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    METTL16 Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total METTL16 protein.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Leu38 of human METTL16 protein. Antibodies are purified by peptide affinity chromatography.

    Background

    METTL16 is an N6-adenosine methyltransferase responsible for the regulation of the MAT2A gene, which encodes S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) synthase. Upon SAM depletion, MAT2A expression increases due to a splicing event of a retained intron. Alternative splicing and mRNA stability is governed by adenosine methylation in the 3’ UTR of the MAT2A mRNA by METTL16. These marks are then read by YTHDC1, and knockdown of either METTL16 or YTHDC1 results in decreased response to lack of SAM (1,2). The METTL16 methyltransferase domain differs from METTL3 and METTL14 as it contains an extra N-terminal module, suggesting a different set of target mRNAs (3,4). Lack of METTL16 during development has been shown to be embryonically lethal, resulting in a dysregulated transcriptome that cannot proceed past the 64-cell blastocyst stage (3).

    Alternate Names

    m6A; METTL; RNA modification

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