Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Immunoprecipitation: 1:50
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation
Specificity / Sensitivity
Phospho-FAK (Tyr576/577) Antibody detects endogenous levels of FAK only when phosphorylated at tyrosine 576/577. This antibody may cross-react with other activated receptor tyrosine kinases.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Tyr576/577 of human FAK. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a widely expressed cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase involved in integrin-mediated signal transduction. It plays an important role in the control of several biological processes, including cell spreading, migration, and survival (1). Activation of FAK by integrin clustering leads to autophosphorylation at Tyr397, which is a binding site for the Src family kinases PI3K and PLCγ (2-5). Recruitment of Src family kinases results in the phosphorylation of Tyr407, Tyr576, and Tyr577 in the catalytic domain, and Tyr871 and Tyr925 in the carboxy-terminal region of FAK (6,7). Tyr576 and Tyr577 lie in the activation loop of the kinase domain, and mutation of these residues reduces FAK catalytic activity (6).
Alternate Names
FADK; FADK 1; FAK; FAK-related non-kinase polypeptide; FAK1; Focal adhesion kinase 1; Focal adhesion kinase-related nonkinase; FRNK; p125FAK; pp125FAK; PPP1R71; Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 71; protein tyrosine kinase 2; Protein-tyrosine kinase 2; PTK2; PTK2 protein tyrosine kinase 2
