Form
Liquid
Buffer
20mM Potassium Phosphate, 150mM NaCl
Preservative
0.01% Sodium azide
Storage
Store as concentrated solution. Centrifuge briefly prior to opening vial. For short-term storage (1-2 weeks), store at 4ºC. For long-term storage, aliquot and store at -20ºC or below. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.
Concentration
85 mg/ml (Please refer to the vial label for the specific concentration.)
Antigen Species
Human
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide RPHFPQFSYSASGTA corresponding to the Cterminus (460-480) of human AKT proteins conjugated to KLH using maleimide.
Conjugation
Unconjugated
RRID
AB_367524
Note
For laboratory research use only. Not for any clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic use in humans or animals. Not for animal or human consumption.
Purchasers shall not, and agree not to enable third parties to, analyze, copy, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to determine the structure or sequence of the product.
Background
Akt (Protein Kinase B, PKB) is a key regulator of many signal transduction pathways (reviewed in ref 1). Its tight control over cell proliferation and cell viability are manifold; overexpression or inappropriate activation of Akt has been seen in many types of cancer. Akt mediates many of the downstream events of PI 3-kinase (a lipid kinase activated by growth factors, cytokines and insulin). PI 3-kinase recruits Akt to the membrane, where it is activated by PDK1 phosphorylation (reviewed in 2). Once phosphorylated, Akt dissociates from the membrane and phosphorylates targets in the cytoplasm and the cell nucleus. Akt has two main roles: (i) inhibition of apoptosis; (ii) promotion of proliferation.
Research Area