When used in conjunction with our Phototope®-HRP Western Detection System, Phospho-MEK1/2 (Ser217/221) Antibody detects 1 ng phosphorylated MEK1/2 yet will not react with up to 1 µg of nonphosphorylated MEK1/2. Phospho-MEK1/2 (Ser217/221) Antibody detects endogenous levels of MEK1/2 only when phosphorylated at serines 217 and 221. It will also react with MEK1/2 singly phosphorylated at Ser217 and singly phosphorylated at Ser221. MEK1/2 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total MEK1/2 protein. Neither antibody cross-reacts with related kinases, such as SEK1 (MKK4), MKK3 or MKK6.
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues around Ser217/221 of human MEK1/2. Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues corresponding to the sequence of human MEK1/2 (MEK1/2 Antibody).
Description
The PhosphoPlus® MEK1/2 (Ser217/221) Antibody Kit provides reagents and protocols for the rapid analysis of the phosphorylation status of MEK1/2 at Ser217/221.
Background
MEK1 and MEK2, also called MAPK or Erk kinases, are dual-specificity protein kinases that function in a mitogen activated protein kinase cascade controlling cell growth and differentiation (1-3). Activation of MEK1 and MEK2 occurs through phosphorylation of two serine residues at positions 217 and 221, located in the activation loop of subdomain VIII, by Raf-like molecules. MEK1/2 is activated by a wide variety of growth factors and cytokines and also by membrane depolarization and calcium influx (1-4). Constitutively active forms of MEK1/2 are sufficient for the transformation of NIH/3T3 cells or the differentiation of PC-12 cells (4). MEK activates p44 and p42 MAP kinase by phosphorylating both threonine and tyrosine residues at sites located within the activation loop of kinase subdomain VIII.
Storage: Antibodies are 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 antibodies.