Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
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.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Jak3 (5H2) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of human Jak3 protein.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody was prepared from animals immunized with a purified recombinant fragment of human Jak3 expressed in E. .
Background
Members of the Janus family of tyrosine kinases (Jak1, Jak2, Jak3, and Tyk2) are activated by ligands binding to a number of associated cytokine receptors (1). Upon cytokine receptor activation, Jak proteins become autophosphorylated and phosphorylate their associated receptors to provide multiple binding sites for signaling proteins. These associated signaling proteins, such as Stats (2), Shc (3), insulin receptor substrates (4), and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (5), typically contain SH2 or other phospho-tyrosine-binding domains. Jak3 is primarily expressed in hematopoietic cells and is required for immune cell function and development (6-8). It binds to the common γ subunit (γc) and a shared receptor subunit also used by several cytokines including IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, and IL-15 (9). IL-2 signaling and Stat5 activation is highly impaired by the loss of Jak3 (10,11). Jak3 is phosphorylated at multiple sites, including Tyr980 and 981 within its activation loop (12-14).
Alternate Names
JAK-3; JAK3; JAK3_HUMAN; JAKL; Janus kinase 3; Janus kinase 3 (a protein tyrosine kinase, leukocyte); L-JAK; Leukocyte janus kinase; LJAK; Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK3
