pUL89 is highly conserved 75-kDa protein. It is a small terminase subunit of Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) able to cleave viral DNA into unit-length genomes of appropriate length for encapsidation. pUL89 is a ring-shaped protein and crystal structure analysis showed it has ability to dimerize (150-kDa) though it immunoprecipitates mainly as a 75-kDa monomer (Biochemistry (2006) 45, 8855-63). In infected cells it is translocated to the replication centers. It interacts with large 130-kDa terminase subunit pUL56 (p130) via helix α4 and this interaction enhances its nuclease activity under low protein concentrations (PNAS (2010) 107, 16078-83; Nucleic Acids Research (2002) 30, 1695-703). pUL89 has predicted ATPase activity (Antiviral Therapy (2007) 12, 217-32). It is a homolog of HSV-1 terminase subunit UL15.

Our anti-UL89 antibody UL89.08 (described in J. Virol. 2013 Feb;87(3):1720-32), works in ELISA (on immunogen), in IF (on HCMV infected cells) and each LOT is validated for Western blot (of HCMV infected cell lysates), where it specifically recognizes a protein species of ~78 kDa, which corresponds well to the predicted size.

FORM	Liquid, in PBS
STORAGE	Long term -20 °C, short term +4 °C. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
CONCENTRATION	1 mg/mL
PURITY	Affinity purified
CLONALITY	Monoclonal
ISOTYPE	IgG2a
LIGHT CHAIN TYPE	kappa
REFERENCES	n/a

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