Muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that initiates ATP-dependent ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and promotes muscle atrophy. MAFbx transcript is abundant in cardiac and skeletal muscle undergoing atrophy. MAFbx -/- mice are resistant to muscle atrophy. MAFbx is thought to recognize and bind to some phosphorylated proteins and promote their ubiquitination and degradation during skeletal muscle atrophy. It interacts with MyoD by ubiquitination via a sequence found in transcriptional coactivators and therefore may play an important role in the course of muscle differentiation by determining the abundance of MyoD. MAFbx is specifically expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
Background References
1. Julie L C et al. Identification of essential sequences for cellular localization in the muscle-specific ubiquitin E3 ligase MAFbx/Atrogin 1. FEBS Lett 586:362-367 (2012).
2. Al-Hassnan Z N et al. A substitution mutation in cardiac ubiquitin ligase, FBXO32, is associated with an autosomal recessive form of dilated cardiomyopathy. BMC Med Genet 17:3-3 (2016).
Tissue Specificity
Specifically expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
Western blot analysis of Fbx32 on different lysates with Rabbit anti-Fbx32 antibody (ET7109-25) at 1/2,000 dilution.
Lane 1: Mouse skeletal muscle tissue lysate Lane 2: Rat skeletal muscle tissue lysate
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg/Lane.
Predicted band size: 41 kDa Observed band size: 41 kDa
Exposure time: 3 minutes;
4-20% SDS-PAGE gel.
Proteins were transferred to a PVDF membrane and blocked with 5% NFDM/TBST for 1 hour at room temperature. The primary antibody (ET7109-25) at 1/2,000 dilution was used in 5% NFDM/TBST at 4℃ overnight. Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG - HRP Secondary Antibody (HA1001) at 1/50,000 dilution was used for 1 hour at room temperature.
ICC staining of Fbx32 in A431 cells (green). Formalin fixed cells were permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in TBS for 10 minutes at room temperature and blocked with 10% negative goat serum for 15 minutes at room temperature. Cells were probed with the primary antibody (ET7109-25, 1/50) for 1 hour at room temperature, washed with PBS. Alexa Fluor®488 conjugate-Goat anti-Rabbit IgG was used as the secondary antibody at 1/1,000 dilution. The nuclear counter stain is DAPI (blue).
ICC staining of Fbx32 in L6 cells (green). Formalin fixed cells were permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in TBS for 10 minutes at room temperature and blocked with 10% negative goat serum for 15 minutes at room temperature. Cells were probed with the primary antibody (ET7109-25, 1/50) for 1 hour at room temperature, washed with PBS. Alexa Fluor®488 conjugate-Goat anti-Rabbit IgG was used as the secondary antibody at 1/1,000 dilution. The nuclear counter stain is DAPI (blue).
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