MEK Kinase-4 Polyclonal Antibody - BT-AP05336

MEK Kinase-4 Polyclonal Antibody

Sizes: 20μL, 50μL, 100μL

Catalogue Numbers: BT-AP05336-20, BT-AP05336-50, BT-AP05336-100

Citations, Manuals and MSDS Available upon request.

Background: The central core of each mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a conserved cascade of 3 protein kinases: an activated MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) phosphorylates and activates a specific MAPK kinase (MAPKK), which then activates a specific MAPK. While the ERK MAPKs are activated by mitogenic stimulation, the CSBP2 and JNK MAPKs are activated by environmental stresses such as osmotic shock, UV irradiation, wound stress, and inflammatory factors. This gene encodes a MAPKKK, the MEKK4 protein, also called MTK1. This protein contains a protein kinase catalytic domain at the C terminus. The N-terminal nonkinase domain may contain a regulatory domain. Expression of MEKK4 in mammalian cells activated the CSBP2 and JNK MAPK pathways, but not the ERK pathway. In vitro kinase studies indicated that recombinant MEKK4 can specifically phosphorylate and activate PRKMK6 and SERK1, MAPKKs that activate CSBP2 and JNK, respectively but cannot phosphorylate PRKMK1, an MAPKK that activates ERKs. MEKK4 is a major mediator of environmental stresses that activate the CSBP2 MAPK pathway, and a minor mediator of the JNK pathway. Several alternatively spliced transcripts encoding distinct isoforms have been described.

Research Areas: Signal Transduction

Target Protein: MAP3K4

Applications: IHC-p, ELISA

Reactivity: Human, Mouse

Clonality: Polyclonal

Host: Rabbit

Isotype: IgG

Full Product Name: MEK Kinase-4 Antibody

Immunogen: The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human AMPK alpha around the phosphorylation site of Thr172. AA range:140-189

Storage: -20°C for 1 year

Purification: The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen.

Formulation: Liquid in PBS containing 50% glycerol, 0.5% BSA and 0.02% sodium azide.

Concentration: 1 mg/ml

Molecular Weight (Da): 181552

UniProt Accession: Human: Q9Y6R4; Mouse: O08648

Synonyms: MAP3K4; KIAA0213; MAPKKK4; MEKK4; MTK1; Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4; MAP three kinase 1; MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 4; MEK kinase 4; MEKK 4

GeneID: Human: 4216; Mouse: 26407

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