Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - MAPK Signaling

Phospho-SEK1/MKK4 (Ser257) (C36C11) Rabbit mAb #4514

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Isotype
W F H M R Mk Endogenous 44 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting  F=Flow Cytometry
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

Phospho-SEK1/MKK4 (Ser257) (C36C11) Rabbit mAb detects endogenous levels of SEK1/MKK4 phosphorylated at Ser257 .

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser257/Thr261 of human SEK1/MKK4.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell lines, untreated or treated with sorbitol or UV, as indicated, using Phospho-SEK1/MKK4 (Ser257) (C36C11) Rabbit mAb.

Flow Cytometry

Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometric analysis of HT-29 cells, untreated (blue) or UV-treated (green), using Phospho-SEK1/MKK4 (Ser257) (C36C11) Rabbit mAb compared to a nonspecific negative control antibody (red).

Background

SAPK/Erk kinase (SEK1), also known as MKK4 or Jun kinase kinase (JNKK), activates the MAP kinase homologues SAPK and JNK in response to various cellular stresses and inflamatory cytokines (1-3). Activation of SEK1 occurs through MEKK phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues at positions 257 and 261, respectively. Like MEK, SEK is a dual-specificity protein kinase that phosphorylates SAPK/JNK at a conserved T*PY* site in its activation loop (4). Phosphorylation by Akt at Ser80 inhibits SEK1 and suppresses stress-activated signal transduction (5).

  1. Davis, R.J. (1994) Trends Biochem. Sci. 19, 470-473.
  2. Sanchez, I. et al. (1994) Nature 372, 794-798.
  3. Yan, M. et al. (1994) Nature 372, 798-800.
  4. Kyriakis, J.M. et al. (1994) Nature 369, 156-160.
  5. Park, H. et al. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 2573-2578.

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