Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Simple Western™: 1:10 - 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
Specificity / Sensitivity
Bak Antibody detects endogenous levels of Bak protein. No cross reactivity was detected with other Bcl-2 family members.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly82 of human Bak. Antibodies were purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Bak is a proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family (1). This protein is located on the outer membrane of mitochondria and is an essential component for transduction of apoptotic signals through the mitochondrial pathway (2,3). Upon apoptotic stimulation, an upstream stimulator like truncated BID (tBID) induces conformational changes in Bak to form oligomer channels in the mitochondrial membrane for cytochrome c release. The release of cytochrome c to the cytosol activates the caspase-9 pathway and eventually leads to cell death (4,5).
Alternate Names
Apoptosis regulator BAK; BAK; BAK-LIKE; BAK1; Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer; Bcl-2-like protein 7; BCL2 antagonist/killer 1; BCL2-antagonist/killer 1; Bcl2-L-7; BCL2-like 7 protein; BCL2L7; CDN1; MGC117255; MGC3887; pro-apoptotic protein BAK
