Uses
Anti-dimethyl-Histone H3 (Lys4) Antibody, clone AW30 is a rabbit monoclonal antibody for detection of dimethyl-Histone H3 (Lys4) also known as H3K4me2, Histone H3 (di methyl K4) & has been validated in WB, ChIP, ChIP-seq, DB, PIA, Mplex.
General Description
Histones are highly conserved proteins that serve as the structural scaffold for the organization of nuclear DNA into chromatin. The four core histones, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, assemble into an octamer (2 molecules of each). Subsequently, 146 base pairs of DNA are wrapped around the octamer, forming a nucleosome, the basic subunit of chromatin. Histones are modified post-translationally by the actions of enzymes in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. These modifications regulate DNA transcription, repair, recombination, and replication. The most commonly studied modifications are acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation, and ubiquitination. These modifications occur predominantly on the N-terminal and C-terminal tails that extend beyond the nucleosome core particle. Di- and trimethylation of histone H3 at Lys4 correlates with transcriptional activity of many genes. Dimethylation of Histone H3 at Lys4 occurs at both active and inactive euchromatic regions but not in silent heterochromatic sites, whereas trimethylation at Lys4 is present exclusively at active genes.
