Purified anti-Akt Phospho (Ser473)

Akt (also known as protein kinase B alpha) is a 60 kD serine/threonine specific kinase containing a pleckstrin domain. Akt plays a critical role in controlling survival and apoptosis. This kinase is ubiquitously expressed and translocates to the membrane upon activation. This protein kinase is activated by insulin and various growth and survival factors to function in a wortmannin-sensitive pathway involving PI 3-kinase. Akt is activated by phospholipid binding and activation loop phosphorylation at Thr308 by PDK1 (4) and by phosphorylation within the carboxy terminus at Ser473. The previously elusive PDK2, responsible for phosphorylation of Akt at Ser473, has been identified as a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in a rapamycin-insensitive complex with rictor and Sin1. Activated Akt can then phosphorylate a wide range of substrates including transcription factors (e.g. FOXO1), kinases (GSK-3,Raf-1, ASK, Chk1) and other proteins with important signaling roles (e.g. Bad, MDM2). Akt promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis through phosphorylation and by inactivation of several targets, including Bad, forkhead transcription factor, c-Raf and caspase-9. Akt also plays a critical role in cell growth by directly phosphorylating mTOR in a rapamycin-sensitive complex containing raptor. More importantly, Akt phosphorylates and inactivates tuberin (TSC2), an inhibitor of mTOR within the mTOR-raptor complex. The phosphor-Akt (S473) antibody specifically detects phosphorlated Akt at the Ser473 site.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Catalog Number

649002

Size

200 microl

Applications

IF, WB

Hosts

Rabbit

Reactivities

Hum, Mouse

Clone

Poly6490

Antigen

Modified Synthetic peptide

Gene Id

207

Isotype

Rabbit Polyclonal

Clonality

Polyclonal

Dilutions

Each lot of this antibody is quality control tested by Western blotting. Western blotting suggested working dilution(s): Use 10 microg antibody per 5 ml antibody dilution buffer for each mini-gel. It is recommended that the reagent be titrated for optimal performance for each application.

Storage Temp

-20 C

Concentration

Shipping Temp

Ambient RT

Storage Buffer

Upon receipt, store frozen at -20C.

Alternative Names

Protein kinase B alpha (PRK-BA), Serine/Threonine specific kinase RAC alpha, Protein kinase Akt

Regulatory Status

RUO