Product Name:
Akt2-3
Product Number:
ab-nk130-9
Target Full Name: RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase
Target Alias: Akt2; PKB beta; RAC-beta serine,threonine protein kinase; RAC-PK-beta; PKBB; PRKBB; HIHGHH; PKBBETA; RAC-BETA; CCDS12552.1; ENSG00000105221
Product Type Specific: Protein kinase pan-specific antibody
Antibody Code: NK130-9
Antibody Target Type: Pan-specific
Protein UniProt: P31751
Protein SigNET: P31751
Antibody Type: Polyclonal
Antibody Host Species: Rabbit
Antibody Immunogen Source: Human Akt2 (PKBb) sequence peptide Cat. No.: PE-01AWR95
Antibody Immunogen Sequence: CDRYDSLGLLELDQRT
Antibody Immunogen Description: Corresponds to amino acid residues D454 to T468; Pre-C-terminus
Production Method: Corresponds to amino acid residues D454 to T468; Pre-C-terminus
Antibody Modification: Protein kinase pan-specific antibody
Antibody Concentration: 1 mg/ml
Storage Buffer: Phosphate buffered saline pH 7.4, 0.05% Thimerasol
Storage Conditions: For long term storage, keep frozen at -40°C or lower. Stock solution can be kept at +4°C for more than 3 months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
Product Use: Western blotting | Antibody microarray
Antibody Dilution Recommended: 2 µg/ml for immunoblotting
Antibody Potency: Medium immunoreactivity with recombinant human Akt2 on protein dot blots.
Antibody Species Reactivity: Human; Mouse
Antibody Positive Control: The observed molecular mass of the processed target protein on SDS-PAGE gels is reported to be around 55-60 kDa.
Antibody Specificity: High
Antibody Cross Reactivity: No immunoreactivity on protein dot blots with recombinant human Akt1 and Akt3.
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Scientific Background: Akt2 (PKBB, PRKBB) is a protein-serine/threonine kinase of the AGC group and Akt family. Its cell signalling activities involve activating cell surival and proliferation, increasing metabolism, and angiogenesis. Its interaction network contains over 100 substrates which includes inhibiting p53 via downstream signalling, activating mTOR, inhibition of GSK3b, and inhibition of cyclins .Phosphorylation of T309 and S474 increases phosphotransferase activity. Cancer-related mutations in human tumours point to a gain of function of the protein kinase. Insertional mutagenesis studies in mice also support a role for this protein kinase in mouse cancer oncogenesis. The active form of the protein kinase normally acts to promote tumour cell proliferation. In many cancers, Akt2 is found to be overexpressed and amplified. It is also linked with invasion, cell migration and induction of angiogenesis. It is important in cell survival regulation, insulin signalling, angiogenesis and tumour formation. Defects in Akt2 contributes to suspectibility to breast cancer and the malignancy of a subset of human ductal pancreatic cancer. Akt2 promotes metastasis of tumour cells, but does not affect the latency of tumour development. Together with Akt3, it has a critical role in glioblastomas. However, there are no prominent mutations in Akt2 in human cancers, with a relatively dispersed pattern of low level mutations through out the full length of the protein. In cancer, it is found to be overexpressed and amplified. It is also linked with invasion, cell migration and induction of angiogenesis.