Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:Mouse, Rat, Monkey
Specificity / Sensitivity
Phospho-EphA2 (Tyr772) Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of EphA2 protein only when phosphorylated at Tyr772. This antibody may cross-react with other overexpressed phosphotyrosine proteins.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Tyr772 of human EphA2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
The Eph receptors are the largest known family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). They can be divided into two groups based on sequence similarity and on their preference for a subset of ligands: EphA receptors bind to a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored ephrin A ligand; EphB receptors bind to ephrin B proteins that have a transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain (1,2). Eph receptors and ligands may be involved in many diseases including cancer (3). Both ephrin A and B ligands have dual functions. As RTK ligands, the ephrins stimulate the kinase activity of the Eph receptors and activate signaling pathways in receptor-expressing cells. The ephrin extracellular domain is sufficient for this function as long as it is clustered (4). The second function of ephrins has been described as "reverse signaling", whereby the cytoplasmic domain becomes tyrosine phosphorylated, allowing interactions with other proteins that may activate signaling pathways in the ligand-expressing cells (5). Various stimuli can induce tyrosine phosphorylation of ephrin B, including binding to EphB receptors, activation of Src kinase, and stimulation by PDGF and FGF (6). Tyrosines 324/327 have been identified as major phosphorylation sites of ephrin B1 in vivo (7).
Phosphorylation of Tyr772 on EphA2 was identified at Cell Signaling Technology (CST) using PhosphoScan®, a CST™ LC-MS/MS platform for phosphorylation site discovery (8). The phosphorylation is induced by ligand/receptor interaction (9).
注意事项:
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.