Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized): 1:400
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. For a carrier free (BSA and azide free) version of this product see product # 75450 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized)
Specificity / Sensitivity
Phospho-SEK1/MKK4 (Ser257) (C36C11) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of SEK1/MKK4 phosphorylated at Ser257 .
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser257/Thr261 of human SEK1/MKK4.
Background
SAPK/Erk kinase (SEK1), also known as MKK4 or Jun kinase kinase (JNKK), activates the MAP kinase homologues SAPK and JNK in response to various cellular stresses and inflammatory cytokines (1-3). Activation of SEK1 occurs through MEKK phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues at positions 257 and 261, respectively. Like MEK, SEK is a dual-specificity protein kinase that phosphorylates SAPK/JNK at a conserved T*PY* site in its activation loop (4). Phosphorylation by Akt at Ser80 inhibits SEK1 and suppresses stress-activated signal transduction (5).
Alternate Names
c-Jun N-terminal kinase kinase 1; Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4; JNK activating kinase 1; JNK-activated kinase 1; JNK-activating kinase 1; JNKK; JNKK1; MAP kinase kinase 4; MAP2K4; MAPK/ERK kinase 4; MAPKK 4; MAPKK4; MEK 4; MEK4; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4; MKK4; MP2K4; PRKMK4; SAPK kinase 1; SAPK/ERK kinase 1; SAPKK-1; SAPKK1; SEK1; SERK1; SKK1; Stress-activated protein kinase kinase 1
