Anti-EIF2AK4 Antibody Picoband®

SKU: A01172-2

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,Monkey,Mouse

Applications: WB,IHC,Flow Cytometry,ELISA

Application Details: Western blot, 0.1-0.25μg/ml, Human, Mouse, Monkey
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Section), 2-5μg/ml, Human
Flow Cytometry (Fixed), 1-3μg/1x10⁶ cells, Human
ELISA, 0.1-0.5μg/ml, -

Gene Name: EIF2AK4

Specificity:

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: E.coli-derived human EIF2AK4 recombinant protein (Position: Q23-K440).

Clonality: Polyclonal

Contents: Each vial contains 4mg Trehalose, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.01mg NaN3.

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: Q9P2K8

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: 180-200 kDa

Calculated Molecular Weight:

Gene ID: 440275

Protein Name: eIF-2-alpha kinase GCN2

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

Synonyms: Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4; GCN2; PVOD2; EIF2AK4