Anti-cFBPase | Cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (cytoplasm marker in photosynthetic tissues)

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

2 µg of total protein from Arabidopsis thaliana roots crude extract (1), supernatant after 10 0000 g centrifugation (2), extracted with ice-cold extraction buffer [50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 0.33 M Sucrose, 5 mM EDTA, 1x proteinase inhibitor] and denatured gradually with [50 mM Tris (pH 6.8), 10% Glycerol, 2% SDS, 2.5 M Urea, 0.005% Bromophenol Blue] at first with 55°C for 15 min followed by 95°C for 5 min. Proteins were separated on 12 % SDS-PAGE. Proteins were blotted 1h to PVDF using semi-dry transfer. Blots were blocked with 5 % nonfat milk + 0.1 % BSA for 1h at room temperature (RT) with agitation. Blot was incubated in the primary antibody at a dilution of 1: 35 000 for ON/4°C with agitation in TBS-T. The antibody solution was decanted and the blot was rinsed briefly twice, then washed once for 15 min and 3 times for 5 min in TBS-T at RT with agitation. Blot was incubated in secondary antibody (anti-rabbit IgG horse radish peroxidase) diluted to 1:1 000 in for 2h at RT with agitation. The blot was washed as above and developed for 5 min withchemiluminescent detection reagent. Exposure time was 20 min.

Courtesy of Dr. Joanna Jeleńska and Dequantarius Speed, University of Chicago, USA

Kinetic and allosteric properties of the plant cytosolic FBPase are remarkably similar to the mammalian and yeast FBPase, but differ greatly from those of the chloroplastic FBPase. The antibody could detect FBPase from the human COS-7 cell line transfected with FBP1 expressing vector.

This product can be sold containing ProClin if requested.

This antibody does not react with chloroplastic form of FBPase.

Will this antibody be good as a cytosolic (non-microsomal control) in Arabidopsis thaliana roots? Although it has never been tested there is every likelihood that cFBPase will be expressed at reasonable levels even in roots. Even though the biosynthetic flux through to Sucrose may not be high as in mesophyll cells, central metabolism will still be active in young roots and the Sucrose etc being supplied externally still needs to be utilised. 

Fructose-1,6 bisphosphatase (FBPase) (EC=3.1.311)  is one of the regulatory enzymes in the sucrose biosynthetic pathway. In non-photosynthetic tissues, it regulates the rate of gluconeogenesis. In photosynthetic tissues, two FBPase isozymes (chloroplastic and cytosolic) play key roles in carbon assimilation and metabolism. In photosynthetic tissues cFBPase (cytosolic fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase) converts triose phosphates from the chloroplast to sucrose during light hours. Alternative name: D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase