Rabbit AKT2 Polyclonal Antibody | anti-AKT2 antibody

Rabbit Anti Human AKT2 PolyClonal Antibody

Cat. Num. AAA1489636

• Gene Names: AKT2; PKBB; PRKBB; HIHGHH; PKBBETA; RAC-BETA
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Applications: Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry
• Purity: Affinity Purification
• Synonyms: AKT2; Polyclonal Antibody; Rabbit Anti Human AKT2 PolyClonal Antibody; PKBB; PKBBETA; PRKBB; RAC-BETA; anti-AKT2 antibody

• Host: Rabbit
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Isotype: IgG
• Purity/Purification: Affinity Purification
• Sequence Length: 344

• Applicable Applications for anti-AKT2 antibody: Western Blot (WB), Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
• Immunogen: Recombinant protein of human Akt2
• Relevance: Akt, also referred to as PKB or Rac, plays a critical role in controlling survival and apoptosis. This protein kinase is activated by insulin and various growth and survival factors to function in a wortmannin-sensitive pathway involving PI3 kinase. Akt is activated by phospholipid binding and activation loop phosphorylation at Thr308 by PDK1and 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. Akt promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis through phosphorylation and inactivation of several targets, including Bad, forkhead transcription factors, c-Raf, and caspase-9. PTEN phosphatase is a major negative regulator of the PI3 kinase/Akt signaling pathway. LY294002 is a specific PI3 kinase inhibitor. Another essential Akt function is the regulation of glycogen synthesis through phosphorylation and inactivation of GSK-3alpha and beta. Akt may also play a role in insulin stimulation of glucose transport. In addition to its role in survival and glycogen synthesis, Akt is involved in cell cycle regulation by preventing GSK-3beta-mediated phosphorylation and degradation of cyclin D1 and by negatively regulating the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p27 Kip and p21 Waf1/CIP1. Akt also plays a critical role in cell growth by directly phosphorylating mTOR in a rapamycin-sensitive complex containing raptor. More importantly, Akt phosphorylates and inactivates tuberin (TSC2), an inhibitor of mTOR within the mTOR-raptor complex.
• Storage Buffer: Store at -20 degree C or -80 degree C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles. Buffer: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3.

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 116283837
• NCBI GeneID: 208
• Molecular Weight: 51,083 Da
• NCBI Official Full Name: AKT2 protein, partial
• NCBI Official Synonym Full Names: v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 2
• NCBI Official Symbol: AKT2
• NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: PKBB; PRKBB; HIHGHH; PKBBETA; RAC-BETA
• NCBI Protein Information: RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase; PKB beta; RAC-PK-beta; protein kinase Akt-2; protein kinase B beta; rac protein kinase beta; murine thymoma viral (v-akt) homolog-2
• UniProt Protein Name: RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase
• Protein Family: Potassium channel
• UniProt Gene Name: AKT2
• UniProt Synonym Gene Names: PKB beta
• UniProt Entry Name: AKT2_HUMAN

NCBI Description

This gene is a putative oncogene encoding a protein belonging to a subfamily of serine/threonine kinases containing SH2-like (Src homology 2-like) domains. The gene was shown to be amplified and overexpressed in 2 of 8 ovarian carcinoma cell lines and 2 of 15 primary ovarian tumors. Overexpression contributes to the malignant phenotype of a subset of human ductal pancreatic cancers. The encoded protein is a general protein kinase capable of phophorylating several known proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Uniprot Description

Akt2: an AGC kinase. Plays critical roles in glucose metabolism and the development or maintenance of proper adipose tissue and islet mass for which other Akt/PKB isoforms are unable to fully compensate. Amplified and overexpressed in human ovarian carcinoma cell lines and amplified in some primary ovarian and pancreatic tumors. Antisense blocks invasiveness in xenografts. Expressed in several insulin-responsive tissues, and one case of Type II diabetes has been associated with a likely LOF point mutation. Mouse mutants have defects in insulin response.

Protein type: EC 2.7.11.1; Protein kinase, AGC; Kinase, protein; Oncoprotein; Protein kinase, Ser/Thr (non-receptor); AGC group; AKT family

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 19q13.1-q13.2

Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; plasma membrane; cell cortex; cytosol; nucleus

Molecular Function: protein serine/threonine kinase activity; protein binding; kinase activity; ATP binding

Biological Process: fat cell differentiation; glycogen biosynthetic process; apoptosis; carbohydrate transport; positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process; myelin maintenance in the peripheral nervous system; intracellular protein transport across a membrane; protein modification process; glucose metabolic process; positive regulation of vesicle fusion; signal transduction; regulation of cell migration; protein amino acid phosphorylation; positive regulation of fatty acid beta-oxidation; regulation of translation; positive regulation of glucose import; cellular response to insulin stimulus; insulin receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation

Disease: Hypoinsulinemic Hypoglycemia With Hemihypertrophy; Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-dependent