Product Pathways - Tyrosine Kinase/ Adaptors
Itk Kinase #7540
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Description
Purified recombinant kinase, supplied as a GST fusion protein.
Source / Purification
This GST-kinase fusion protein was produced using a baculovirus expression system with a construct expressing the kinase with an amino terminal GST tag. The protein was purified by one-step affinity chromatography using glutathione-agarose.
Quality Control
The purified kinase fusion protein was quality controlled for purity using SDS-PAGE followed by Coomassie or silver stain and Western blot. The specific activity of the kinase was determined using a radiometric assay.
Background
Interleukin-2 inducible T-cell kinase (Itk, Emt or Tsk) is a member of the non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases. Family members of Itk include Tec, Btk, Rlk and Bmx and are all defined by a common structure: an amino-terminal PH domain, a Tec-homology domain and a SH3 and SH2 domain followed by a carboxy-terminal kinase domain (1). Tec, Rlk and Itk are expressed in T cells and activated in response to T cell receptor (TCR) engagement. Data demonstrate that Itk functions in signal transduction downstream of TCR and activates PLCgamma1 and Erk. Lck directly activates Itk through phosphorylation in the conserved activation loop at Tyr511, and furthermore, Itk is autophosphorylated in the SH3 domain at Tyr180. Itk-Y180F is still capable of phosphorylating PLCgamma1 in contrast to Itk-Y511F, which has lost that function (2-3). Itk -/- mice show reduced lung inflammation, eosinophil infiltration and mucous production in response to allergic asthma induction. Thus, Itk could become a desirable target for anti-asthmatic treatments (4).
- Schwartzberg, P.L. and Finkelstein, L.D. (2005) Nat Rev Immunol. 5, 284-295.
- Heyeck, S. D. et al. (1997) J Biol Chem. 272, 25401-25408.
- Wilcox, H.M. and Berg, L.J. (2003) J Biol Chem. 278, 37112-37121.
- Mueller, C. and August, A. (2003) J Immunol. 170, 5056-5063.
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This product is for in vitro research use only and is not intended for use in humans or animals. This product is not intended for use as therapeutic or in diagnostic procedures.
