Phospho-(Ser/Thr) PKA Substrate Antibody detects peptides and proteins containing a phospho-serine/threonine residue with arginine at the -3 position. It is a useful tool in identifying substrates of AGC family kinases, including PKA and PKC. It does not cross-react with the nonphosphorylated PKA substrate motif. (U.S. Patent No's.: 6,441,140; 6,982,318; 7,259,022; 7,344,714; U.S.S.N. 11,484,485; and all foreign equivalents.)
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phospho-PKA substrate peptide. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
An important class of kinases, refered to as Arg-directed kinases or AGC-family kinases, includes cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), protein kinase C, Akt and RSK. These kinases share a substrate specificity characterized by Arg at position -3 relative to the phosphorylated Ser or Thr (1,2). Phospho-PKA substrate-specific antibodies from Cell Signaling Technology are powerful tools for investigating the regulation of phosphorylation by PKA and other Arg-directed kinases, as well as for high throughput kinase drug discovery.