Clone Number: HI149
Immunogen: Human thymocytes
Concentration: 1 mg/ml
Format: Purified by protein-A affinity chromatography.
Storage buffer: Phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4, 15 mM sodium azide
Additional info: CD1a, together with CD1b and c, belongs to group 1 of CD1 glycoproteins. These proteins serve as antigen-presenting molecules for a subset of T cells that responds to specific lipids and glycolipids found in the cell walls of bacterial pathogens or self-glycolipid antigens such as gangliosides, and they have also roles in antiviral immunity. Unlike CD1b, CD1a is excluded from late endosomal compartments and instead traffics independently in the recycling pathway of the early endocytic system, and CD1a antigen presentation is independent upon vesicular acidification.SpecificityThe mouse monoclonal antibody SN13 (also known as K5-1B8) recognizes an extracellular epitope of CD1b, a 44 kDa type I glycoprotein associated with beta2-microglobulin. It is expressed on dendritic cells, Langerhans cells, thymocytes, and T acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.Application detailsFlow cytometry: Recommended dilution: 1-5 μg/ml.