Anti-CDK8 Antibody Picoband®

SKU: A01493-1

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: Human

Applications: ELISA,WB

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

Gene Name: CDK8

Specificity: No cross reactivity with other proteins.

Background: Cell division protein kinase 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CDK8 gene. It is mapped to 13q12.13. This gene encodes a member of the cyclin-dependent protein kinase (CDK) family. CDK family members are known to be important regulators of cell cycle progression. This kinase and its regulatory subunit, cyclin C, are components of the Mediator transcriptional regulatory complex, involved in both transcriptional activation and repression by phosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. This kinase regulates transcription by targeting the cyclin-dependent kinase 7 subunits of the general transcription initiation factor IIH, thus providing a link between the Mediator complex and the basal transcription machinery. Multiple pseudogenes of this gene have been identified. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Immunogen: E. coli-derived human Cdk8 recombinant protein (K355-Y464).

Clonality: Polyclonal

Contents: Each vial contains 4mg Trehalose, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg NaN3.

Purification: Immunogen affinity purified.

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

Reference: 1. Akoulitchev, S., Chuikov, S., Reinberg, D. TFIIH is negatively regulated by cdk8-containing mediator complexes. Nature 407: 102-106, 2000. 2. Donner, A. J., Szostek, S., Hoover, J. M., Espinosa, J. M. CDK8 is a stimulus-specific positive coregulator of p53 target genes. Molec. Cell 27: 121-133, 2007. 3. Firestein, R., Bass, A. J., Kim, S. Y., Dunn, I. F., Silver, S. J., Guney, I., Freed, E., Ligon, A. H., Vena, N., Ogino, S., Chheda, M. G., Tamayo, P., and 16 others. CDK8 is a colorectal cancer oncogene that regulates beta-catenin activity. Nature 455: 547-551, 2008.

Uniprot ID: P49336

Host: Rabbit

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

Conjugate: This is the unconjugated antibody. It is also available with 10 conjugation options, including Biotin, Cy3, Fluoro488, Fluoro550, Fluoro594, FITC, HRP, APC, PE, and Fluoro647. A carrier-free (BSA-free) version is also available. Additional charges may apply for some options. Please contact us for a quote

Cross Reactivity: No cross-reactivity with other proteins.

Isotype: Rabbit IgG

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Clone Number:

Observed Molecular Weight: 53 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight: 75679 MW

Gene ID: 1024

Protein Name: Cyclin-dependent kinase 8

Gene Full Name: cyclin dependent kinase 8

Synonyms: CDK8; Cell division protein kinase 8; cyclin dependent kinase 8; K35; Mediator complex subunit CDK8; Protein kinase K35