| Immunogen | KLH-conjugatedsyntheticpeptidecontainingtheThr308sequenceandsurroundingaminoacidsofhuman,mouse,rat,bovineandchickenAkt1.HumanandmouseAkt2shares11/12aminoacidsandratAkt3shares10/12aminoacidswiththepeptideimmunogensequence. |
| Epitope | Thr308(CatalyticDomain) |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | DetectsAktonlywhenphosphorylatedonThr308. |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | - Human
- Mouse
- Rat
- Bovine
- Xenopus
- Canine
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| SpeciesReactivityNote | Mousetested.ExpectedtoreactwithHuman,Rat,Chicken,Dog,Xenopus,andCowbasedon100%immunogensequencehomology. |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Theserine-threonineproteinkinaseencodedbytheAKT1geneiscatalyticallyinactiveinserum-starvedprimaryandimmortalizedfibroblasts.AKT1andtherelatedAKT2areactivatedbyplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor.Theactivationisrapidandspecific,anditisabrogatedbymutationsinthepleckstrinhomologydomainofAKT1.Itwasshownthattheactivationoccursthroughphosphatidylinositol3-kinase.InthedevelopingnervoussystemAKTisacriticalmediatorofgrowthfactor-inducedneuronalsurvival.Survivalfactorscansuppressapoptosisinatranscription-independentmannerbyactivatingtheserine/threoninekinaseAKT1,whichthenphosphorylatesandinactivatescomponentsoftheapoptoticmachinery.Multiplealternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantshavebeenfoundforthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq].
TranscriptVariant:Thisvariant(3)lacksthe5"exon,buthasaupstreamalternate5"exon,ascomparedtovariant1.Variants1and3encodethesameprotein.
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| GeneSymbol | - AKT
- C-AKT
- EC2.7.11.1
- MGC99656
- PKB
- PKB-ALPHA
- RAC
- RAC-ALPHA
- RAC-PK-alpha
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| Modifications | |
| PurificationMethod | Antigenaffinitypurifiedagainstboththephosphorylatedandthenon-phosphorylatedpeptidesofAkt(Thr308). |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Generalproteinkinasecapableofphosphorylatingseveralknownproteins.PhosphorylatesTBC1D4.Signalsdownstreamofphosphatidylinositol3-kinase(PI(3)K)tomediatetheeffectsofvariousgrowthfactorssuchasplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor(PDGF),epidermalgrowthfactor(EGF),insulinandinsulin-likegrowthfactorI(IGF-I).Playsaroleinglucosetransportbymediatinginsulin-inducedtranslocationoftheGLUT4glucosetransportertothecellsurface.MediatestheantiapoptoticeffectsofIGF-I.Mediatesinsulin-stimulatedproteinsynthesis,partlybyplayingaroleinbothinsulin-inducedphosphorylationof4E-BP1andininsulin-inducedactivationofp70S6kinase.Promotesglycogensynthesisbymediatingtheinsulin-inducedactivationofglycogensynthase.Ref.4Ref.8Ref.12Ref.13Ref.16Ref.20
CatalyticactivityATP+aprotein=ADP+aphosphoprotein.Ref.4Ref.20Ref.1
ENZYMEREGULATION:Threespecificsites,oneinthekinasedomain(Thr-308)andthetwootheronesintheC-terminalregulatoryregion(Ser-473andTyr-474),needtobephosphorylatedforitsfullactivation.Ref.8Ref.6
SUBUNITSTRUCTURE:InteractswithAGAP2isoform2(PIKE-A)inthepresenceofguaninenucleotides.TheC-terminusinteractswithCCDC88A/GRDNandTHEM4.InteractswithAKTIP.Interacts(viaPHdomain)withMTCP1,TCL1AANDTCL1B.InteractswithCDKN1B;theinteractionphosphorylatesCDKN1Bpromoting14-3-3bindingandcell-cycleprogression.Ref.13Ref.16Ref.20Ref.9Ref.10Ref.11Ref.15Ref.17Ref.18Ref.19
SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Cellmembrane.Note=Nucleusafteractivationbyintegrin-linkedproteinkinase1(ILK1).NucleartranslocationisenhancedbyinteractionwithTCL1A.Ref.11
TISSUESPECIFICITY:Inallhumancelltypessofaranalyzed.Ref.4
DOMAIN:BindingofthePHdomaintothephosphatidylinositol3-kinasealpha(PI(3)K)resultsinitstargetingtotheplasmamembrane.
TheAGC-kinaseC-terminalmediatesinteractionwithTHEM4.
PTM:PhosphorylationonThr-308,Ser-473andTyr-474isrequiredforfullactivity.Ser-473phosphorylationbytheRictor-mTorcomplexfavorsThr-308phosphorylationbyPDPK1.Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedbyinteractionwithAGAP2isoform2(PIKE-A).Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedinfocalcorticaldysplasiaswithTaylor-typeballooncells.
SIMILARITY:Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.AGCSer/Thrproteinkinasefamily.RACsubfamily.
Contains1AGC-kinaseC-terminaldomain.
Contains1PHdomain.
Contains1proteinkinasedomain.
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| MolecularWeight | 60kDa |