SOS1 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total SOS1 protein.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ile1198 of human SOS1 protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Son of sevenless (SOS) was first identified in Drosophila as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Ras acting downstream of the Sevenless receptor (1). Two closely related homologs of Drosophila SOS are found in mammalian cells: SOS1 and SOS2 (2). SOS1 consists of histone folds, Dbl (DH) and pleckstrin (PH) homology domains, a Ras exchange motif (REM), and Cdc25 homology and polyproline domains (3). SOS1 binds to GRB2, NCK and other adaptor proteins, and plays an important role in ERK activation downstream of protein tyrosine kinase receptor (RTK). Mutations in the corresponding SOS1 gene have been found in people with Noonan syndrome, a developmental disorder characterized by short stature, facial dysmorphia and congenital heart defects (4,5).