| Immunogen | KLH-conjugatedsyntheticpeptidecontainingtheThr308sequenceandsurroundingaminoacidsofhuman,mouse,rat,bovineandchickenAkt1.HumanandmouseAkt2shares11/12aminoacidsandratAkt3shares10/12aminoacidswiththepeptideimmunogensequence. | 
| Epitope | Thr308(CatalyticDomain) | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | DetectsAktonlywhenphosphorylatedonThr308. | 
| Isotype | IgG | 
| SpeciesReactivity | - Human
 - Mouse
 - Rat
 - Bovine
 - Xenopus
 - Canine
 
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| SpeciesReactivityNote | Mousetested.ExpectedtoreactwithHuman,Rat,Chicken,Dog,Xenopus,andCowbasedon100%immunogensequencehomology. | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Theserine-threonineproteinkinaseencodedbytheAKT1geneiscatalyticallyinactiveinserum-starvedprimaryandimmortalizedfibroblasts.AKT1andtherelatedAKT2areactivatedbyplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor.Theactivationisrapidandspecific,anditisabrogatedbymutationsinthepleckstrinhomologydomainofAKT1.Itwasshownthattheactivationoccursthroughphosphatidylinositol3-kinase.InthedevelopingnervoussystemAKTisacriticalmediatorofgrowthfactor-inducedneuronalsurvival.Survivalfactorscansuppressapoptosisinatranscription-independentmannerbyactivatingtheserine/threoninekinaseAKT1,whichthenphosphorylatesandinactivatescomponentsoftheapoptoticmachinery.Multiplealternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantshavebeenfoundforthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq].
  TranscriptVariant:Thisvariant(3)lacksthe5"exon,buthasaupstreamalternate5"exon,ascomparedtovariant1.Variants1and3encodethesameprotein.
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| GeneSymbol | - AKT
 - C-AKT
 - EC2.7.11.1
 - MGC99656
 - PKB
 - PKB-ALPHA
 - RAC
 - RAC-ALPHA
 - RAC-PK-alpha
 
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| Modifications |  | 
| PurificationMethod | Antigenaffinitypurifiedagainstboththephosphorylatedandthenon-phosphorylatedpeptidesofAkt(Thr308). | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Generalproteinkinasecapableofphosphorylatingseveralknownproteins.PhosphorylatesTBC1D4.Signalsdownstreamofphosphatidylinositol3-kinase(PI(3)K)tomediatetheeffectsofvariousgrowthfactorssuchasplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor(PDGF),epidermalgrowthfactor(EGF),insulinandinsulin-likegrowthfactorI(IGF-I).Playsaroleinglucosetransportbymediatinginsulin-inducedtranslocationoftheGLUT4glucosetransportertothecellsurface.MediatestheantiapoptoticeffectsofIGF-I.Mediatesinsulin-stimulatedproteinsynthesis,partlybyplayingaroleinbothinsulin-inducedphosphorylationof4E-BP1andininsulin-inducedactivationofp70S6kinase.Promotesglycogensynthesisbymediatingtheinsulin-inducedactivationofglycogensynthase.Ref.4Ref.8Ref.12Ref.13Ref.16Ref.20
  CatalyticactivityATP+aprotein=ADP+aphosphoprotein.Ref.4Ref.20Ref.1
  ENZYMEREGULATION:Threespecificsites,oneinthekinasedomain(Thr-308)andthetwootheronesintheC-terminalregulatoryregion(Ser-473andTyr-474),needtobephosphorylatedforitsfullactivation.Ref.8Ref.6
  SUBUNITSTRUCTURE:InteractswithAGAP2isoform2(PIKE-A)inthepresenceofguaninenucleotides.TheC-terminusinteractswithCCDC88A/GRDNandTHEM4.InteractswithAKTIP.Interacts(viaPHdomain)withMTCP1,TCL1AANDTCL1B.InteractswithCDKN1B;theinteractionphosphorylatesCDKN1Bpromoting14-3-3bindingandcell-cycleprogression.Ref.13Ref.16Ref.20Ref.9Ref.10Ref.11Ref.15Ref.17Ref.18Ref.19
  SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Cellmembrane.Note=Nucleusafteractivationbyintegrin-linkedproteinkinase1(ILK1).NucleartranslocationisenhancedbyinteractionwithTCL1A.Ref.11
  TISSUESPECIFICITY:Inallhumancelltypessofaranalyzed.Ref.4
  DOMAIN:BindingofthePHdomaintothephosphatidylinositol3-kinasealpha(PI(3)K)resultsinitstargetingtotheplasmamembrane.
  TheAGC-kinaseC-terminalmediatesinteractionwithTHEM4.
  PTM:PhosphorylationonThr-308,Ser-473andTyr-474isrequiredforfullactivity.Ser-473phosphorylationbytheRictor-mTorcomplexfavorsThr-308phosphorylationbyPDPK1.Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedbyinteractionwithAGAP2isoform2(PIKE-A).Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedinfocalcorticaldysplasiaswithTaylor-typeballooncells.
  SIMILARITY:Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.AGCSer/Thrproteinkinasefamily.RACsubfamily.
  Contains1AGC-kinaseC-terminaldomain.
  Contains1PHdomain.
  Contains1proteinkinasedomain.
 
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| MolecularWeight | 60kDa |