Rabbit Cdk8 Polyclonal Antibody | anti-Cdk8 antibody

Rabbit anti Cdk8 Polyclonal Antibody

Cat. Num. AAA460270

• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Applications: ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Functional Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot
• Purity: Purified by Epitope Affinity Purification
• Synonyms: Cdk8; Polyclonal Antibody; Rabbit anti Cdk8 Polyclonal Antibody; cyclin-dependent kinase 8; anti-Cdk8 antibody

• Host: Rabbit
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Isotype: IgG
• Specificity: This antibody recognizes ~39 kDa of human Cdk7 protein. It is cross react to human, mouse and rat. The other species are not tested.
• Purity/Purification: Purified by Epitope Affinity Purification
• Form/Format: Supplied in sterile Phosphate buffered saline (pH7.2) containing antibody stabilizer.

• Applicable Applications for anti-Cdk8 antibody: ELISA (EIA), Flow Cytometry (FC/FACS), Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunoprecipitation (IP), Western Blot (WB)
• Application Notes: ELISA: 0.01-0.1 ug/ml; Flow Cytometry: 5-10 ug/ml; Immunohistochemistry: 2-10 ug/ml; Immunoprecipitation: 2-5 ug/ml; Western Blot: 0.1-1 ug/ml
• Preparation: A synthetic peptide derived from C-terminus of human cdk8 protein. This sequence is identical to human, mouse and rat.
• Preparation and Storage: The antibodies are stable for 12 months from date of receipt when stored at -20 degree C. The antibodies can be stored at 2 degree C - 8 degree C for one month without detectable loss of activity. Avoid repeated freezing-thawing cycles.

Related Product Information for anti-Cdk8 antibody

A family of proteins designated as cdks belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CDK family members are highly similar to the gene products of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cdc28, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc2, and are known to be important regulators of cell cycle progression. This kinase is a catalytic subunit of the protein kinase complex that is important for cell cycle G1 phase progression and G1/S transition. The activity of this kinase first appears in mid-G1 phase, which is controlled by the regulatory subunits including D-type cyclins and members of INK4 family of CDK inhibitors. This kinase, as well as CDK4, has been shown to phosphorylate, and thus regulate the activity of, tumor suppressor protein Rb. Expression of this gene is up-regulated in some types of cancer. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified. CDK8 kinase and its regulatory subunit cyclin C are components of the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme complex, which phosphorylates the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. This kinase has also been shown to regulate transcription by targeting the CDK7/cyclin H subunits of the general transcription initiation factor IIH (TFIIH), thus providing a link between the 'Mediator-like' protein complexes and the basal transcription machinery.

References

Tassan, J.P., Jaquenoud, M., Leopold, P., Schultz, S.J. and Nigg, E.A. Identification of human cyclin-dependent kinase 8, a putative protein kinase partner for cyclin C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (19), 8871-8875 (1995).