BackgroundInformation | PathwayExplorerAntibodyMiniPack: EachPathwayExplorerAntibodyMinipackcontainsthreerelatedantibodiesaspartofasignalingcascadeoracombinationoftotalandphosphorylatedformsofkeysignalingtargets.Eachofthethreeantibodiesare30%theoriginalpacksize.FullsizeversionsofeachofthePathwayExplorerantibodiesareavailableforsaleindividuallyunderthesamecatalognumberwiththeremovalof“SP”offofeachone(e.g.05-591SPcanbeorderedas05-591).
Anti-Akt/PKB,PHDomain, cloneSKB1: Akt(proteinkinaseB),aserine/threoninekinase,hasemergedasacriticalenzymeinsignaltransductionpathwaysinvolvedincellproliferation,apoptosis,angiogenesis,anddiabetes.InmammalsthreeisoformsofAkt(α,β,γorAkt1,2,3)arereportedthatexhibitahighdegreeofhomology,butdifferslightlyinthelocalizationoftheirregulatoryphosphorylationsites.Aktαisthepredominantisoforminmosttissues,whereasthehighestexpressionofAktβisobservedintheinsulin-responsivetissues,andAktγisabundantinbraintissue.EachAktisoformiscomposedofthreefunctionallydistinctregions:anN-terminalpleckstrinhomology(PH)domainthatprovidesalipid-bindingmoduletodirectAkttoPIP3,acentralcatalyticdomain,andaC-terminalhydrophobicmotif.
Anti-phospho-Akt(Thr308), clone50-1C-25orAnti-phospho-Akt1/PKBα(Ser473),clone11E6: Akt/PKBisaSer/ThrkinaseandamajorknowneffecterofthePI3Kinasepathway.ItisinvolvedinmultiplesignalingpathwaysthatrelatetomanyBIOLOGicalprocessesincludingmetabolism,apoptosis,cellcyclecontrol,angiogenesis,differentiation,andcellgrowthandproliferation.Inmammals,threeisoformsofAkt(Akt1/PKCα,Akt2/PKBβ,andAkt3/PKBγ)exists.Theyexhibitahighdegreeofhomology,butdifferslightlyinthelocalizationoftheirregulatoryphosphorylationsites.Akt1isthepredominantisoformthatisinmosttissuesandisthoughttohaveadominantroleingrowth,survival,embryonicdevelopment,andADIpocytedifferentiation.Akt2iscorrelatedwiththeregulationofglucosehomeostasisandisthepredominantisoformexpressedininsulin-responsivetissues.Akt3isabundantinbraintissue.EachAktisoformiscomposedofthreefunctionallydistinctregions:anN-terminalPleckstrinHomology(PH)domainthatprovidesalipid-bindingmodule,acentralcatalyticdomaincontainingThr308,andaC-terminalhydrophobicmotifcontainingSer473.TheactivationofAKTisdependentonadualregulatorymechanismthatrequiresbothitstranslocationtotheplasmamembraneanddualphosphorylationonThr308andSer473byPDK1andtheTORC2complex,respectively.
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