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
MKK6 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total MKK6 protein.
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding residues surrounding Ala19 of human MKK6 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
MKK3 and MKK6 are two closely related dual-specificity protein kinases that activate p38 MAP kinase (1-5). MKK3 and MKK6 both phosphorylate and activate p38 MAP kinase at its activation site, Thr-Gly-Tyr, but do not phosphorylate or activate Erk1/2 or SAPK/JNK. Phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase dramatically stimulates its ability to phosphorylate protein substrates such as ATF-2 and Elk-1. MKK3 and MKK6 are both activated by different forms of cellular stress and inflammatory cytokines (4,5). Activation of MKK3 and MKK6 occurs through phosphorylation at Ser189 and Thr222 on MKK3 (2) and Ser207 and Thr211 on MKK6 (4,5).
Alternate Names
Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6; MAP kinase kinase 6; MAP2K6; MAPK/ERK kinase 6; MAPKK 6; MAPKK6; MEK 6; MEK6; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6; MKK6; MP2K6; PRKMK6; protein kinase, mitogen-activated, kinase 6 (MAP kinase kinase 6); SAPK kinase 3; SAPKK-3; SAPKK3; SKK3; Stress-activated protein kinase kinase 3
