Phospho-Akt (Ser473) (D9E) XP^® Rabbit mAb (BSA and Azide Free) #31957

Product Usage Information

This product is the carrier-free version of product #4060. All data were generated using the same antibody clone in the standard formulation which contains BSA and glycerol.

This formulation is ideal for use with technologies requiring specialized or custom antibody labeling, including fluorophores, metals, lanthanides, and oligonucleotides. It is not recommended for ChIP, ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN, or CUT&Tag assays. If you require a carrier-free formulation for chromatin profiling, please contact us. Optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.

Formulation

Supplied in 1X PBS, BSA and Azide Free.

For standard formulation of this product see product #4060.

Storage

Store at -20°C. This product will freeze at -20°C so it is recommended to aliquot into single-use vials to avoid multiple freeze/thaw cycles. A slight precipitate may be present and can be dissolved by gently vortexing. This will not interfere with antibody performance.

Specificity / Sensitivity

Phospho-Akt (Ser473) (D9E) XP^® Rabbit mAb (BSA and Azide Free) detects endogenous levels of Akt only when phosphorylated at Ser473.

Species Reactivity:

Human, Mouse, Rat, Hamster, Monkey, D. melanogaster, Zebrafish, Bovine

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser473 of human Akt protein.

Background

Akt, also referred to as PKB or Rac, plays a critical role in controlling survival and apoptosis (1-3). This protein kinase is activated by insulin and various growth and survival factors to function in a wortmannin-sensitive pathway involving PI3 kinase (2,3). Akt is activated by phospholipid binding and activation loop phosphorylation at Thr308 by PDK1 (4) and by phosphorylation within the carboxy terminus at Ser473. The previously elusive PDK2 responsible for phosphorylation of Akt at Ser473 has been identified as mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in a rapamycin-insensitive complex with rictor and Sin1 (5,6). Akt promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis through phosphorylation and inactivation of several targets, including Bad (7), forkhead transcription factors (8), c-Raf (9), and caspase-9. PTEN phosphatase is a major negative regulator of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway (10). LY294002 is a specific PI3 kinase inhibitor (11). Another essential Akt function is the regulation of glycogen synthesis through phosphorylation and inactivation of GSK-3α and β (12,13). Akt may also play a role in insulin stimulation of glucose transport (12). In addition to its role in survival and glycogen synthesis, Akt is involved in cell cycle regulation by preventing GSK-3β-mediated phosphorylation and degradation of cyclin D1 (14) and by negatively regulating the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p27 Kip1 (15) and p21 Waf1/Cip1 (16). Akt also plays a critical role in cell growth by directly phosphorylating mTOR in a rapamycin-sensitive complex containing raptor (17). More importantly, Akt phosphorylates and inactivates tuberin (TSC2), an inhibitor of mTOR within the mTOR-raptor complex (18,19).

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11. Vlahos, C.J. et al. (1994) J Biol Chem 269, 5241-8.
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13. Cross, D.A. et al. (1995) Nature 378, 785-9.
14. Diehl, J.A. et al. (1998) Genes Dev 12, 3499-511.
15. Gesbert, F. et al. (2000) J Biol Chem 275, 39223-30.
16. Zhou, B.P. et al. (2001) Nat Cell Biol 3, 245-52.
17. Navé, B.T. et al. (1999) Biochem J 344 Pt 2, 427-31.
18. Inoki, K. et al. (2002) Nat Cell Biol 4, 648-57.
19. Manning, B.D. et al. (2002) Mol Cell 10, 151-62.

Pathways & Proteins

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Select Your Pathway/Protein AMPK Signaling Adherens Junction Dynamics Alzheimer's Disease Angiogenesis Apoptosis Regulation B Cell Receptor Signaling ESC Pluripotency and Differentiation ErbB/HER Signaling G1/S Checkpoint IL6 Signaling Inhibition of Apoptosis Insulin Receptor Signaling Microtubule Dynamics Mitochondrial Control of Apoptosis NF-kB Signaling PI3K/Akt Signaling Protein Kinase C Signaling T Cell Receptor Signaling TGF-ß Signaling Translation: eIF4E and p70S6K Warburg Effect mTOR Signaling Protein: P31749 Protein: P31751 Protein: Q9Y243

Database Links

UniProt ID: P31751 , Q9Y243 , P31749

Entrez-Gene Id: 208 , 10000 , 207

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