| Immunogen | PeptidecontainingapSerthatcorrespondstoaminoacidposition473ofhumanAkt1/PKBa |
| Clone | SK703 |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | phosphorylatedAkt1/PKBa |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Theserine-threonineproteinkinaseencodedbytheAKT1geneiscatalyticallyinactiveinserum-starvedprimaryandimmortalizedfibroblasts.AKT1andtherelatedAKT2areactivatedbyplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor.Theactivationisrapidandspecific,anditisabrogatedbymutationsinthepleckstrinhomologydomainofAKT1.Itwasshownthattheactivationoccursthroughphosphatidylinositol3-kinase.InthedevelopingnervoussystemAKTisacriticalmediatorofgrowthfactor-inducedneuronalsurvival.Survivalfactorscansuppressapoptosisinatranscription-independentmannerbyactivatingtheserine/threoninekinaseAKT1,whichthenphosphorylatesandinactivatescomponentsoftheapoptoticmachinery.Multiplealternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantshavebeenfoundforthisgene. |
| GeneSymbol | - AKT1
- RAC
- PRKBA
- RAC-ALPHA
- PKB
- MGC99656
- RAC-PK-alpha
- C-AKT
- AKT
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| Modifications | |
| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P31749#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. SIZE:480aminoacids;55686Da SUBUNIT:InteractswithCENTG1isoform2(PIKE-A)inthepresenceofguaninenucleotides.TheC-terminusinteractswithCCDC88A/GRDN.InteractswithAKTIP. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Note=Nucleusafteractivationbyintegrin-linkedproteinkinase1(ILK1). TISSUESPECIFICITY:Inallhumancelltypessofaranalyzed. DOMAIN:SwissProt:P31749BindingofthePHdomaintothephosphatidylinositol3-kinasealpha(PI(3)K)resultsinitstargetingtotheplasmamembrane. PTM:PhosphorylationonThr-308,Ser-473andTyr-474isrequiredforfullactivity.Ser-473phosphorylationbytheRictor-mTorcomplexfavorsThr-308phosphorylationbyPDPK1.Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedbyinteractionwithCENTG1isoform2(PIKE-A). SIMILARITY:Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.AGCSer/Thrproteinkinasefamily.RACsubfamily.&Contains1AGC-kinaseC-terminaldomain.&Contains1PHdomain.&Contains1proteinkinasedomain. |
| MolecularWeight | 60kDa |