Anti-GCN2/EIF2AK4 Antibody Picoband®

SKU: PA2028

Size: 100 μg

Storage: Store at -20℃ for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4℃ for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20℃ for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Form: Lyophilized

Reactivity: Mouse,Rat

Applications: WB

Application Details: Western blot, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, Mouse, Rat

Gene Name: EIF2AK4

Specificity: No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Background: EIF2AK4 (Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2-Alpha Kinase 4), also called GCN2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EIF2AK4 gene. EIF2AK4 belongs to a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 to downregulate protein synthesis in response to varied cellular stresses. Hartz (2005) mapped the EIF2AK4 gene to chromosome 15q15.1 based on an alignment of the EIF2AK4 sequence with the genomic sequence. Berlanga et al. (1999) demonstrated that Gcn2 immunopurified from mouse liver extracts could phosphorylate rabbit Eif2 in vitro. Serum starvation increased the level of phosphorylated EIF2-alpha more than 2-fold in human embryonic kidney cells transfected with mouse Eif2ak4. Costa-Mattioli et al. (2005) reported a unique feature of hippocampal slices from Gcn2-null mice: in CA1, a single 100-Hz train induced a strong and sustained long-term potentiation (late LTP or L-LTP), which was dependent on transcription and translation.

Immunogen: A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of mouse GCN2, different from the related rat sequence by one amino acid.

Clonality: Polyclonal

Contents: Each vial contains antibody formulated with stabilizing components, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3.
*This antibody is supplied in a stabilized formulation. Compatibility with conjugation reactions depends on the chemistry of the conjugation method used. For conjugation methods that are not compatible with the stabilizing components present in this formulation, a carrier-free antibody format is required.

Purification: Immunogen affinity purified.

Reconstitution: Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.

Reference: 1. Berlanga, J. J., Santoyo, J., de Haro, C. Characterization of a mammalian homolog of the GCN2 eukaryotic initiation factor 2-alpha kinase. Europ. J. Biochem. 265: 754-762, 1999. 2. Costa-Mattioli, M., Gobert, D., Harding, H., Herdy, B., Azzi, M., Bruno, M., Bidinosti, M., Ben Mamou, C., Marcinkiewicz, E., Yoshida, M., Imataka, H., Cuello, A. C., Seidah, N., Sossin, W., Lacaille, J.-C., Ron, D., Nader, K., Sonenberg, N. Translational control of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory by the elF2-alpha kinase GCN2. Nature 436: 1166-1170, 2005. 3. Hartz, P. A. Personal Communication. Baltimore, Md. 3/28/2005.

Uniprot ID: Q9QZ05

Host: Rabbit

Concentration: Adding 0.2 ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500 μg/ml.

Conjugate:

Cross Reactivity: No cross-reactivity with other proteins

Isotype: Rabbit IgG

Phospho_site:

Clone Number:

Observed Molecular Weight: 94 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight: 186487 MW

Gene ID: 27103

Protein Name: eIF-2-alpha kinase GCN2

Gene Full Name: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4

Synonyms: E2AK4_HUMAN antibody; Eif2ak4 antibody; Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2 alpha kinase 4 antibody; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4 antibody; GCN2 antibody; GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase antibody; GCN2 like protein antibody; GCN2-like protein antibody; KIAA1338 antibody; MGCN2 antibody