Product Pathways - Tyrosine Kinase/ Adaptors
Lyn Kinase #7610
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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
Lyn, one of the Src family members, is predominantly expressed in hematopoietic cells (1). Two tyrosine residues have been reported to play a crucial role in the regulation of protein tyrosine kinases of the Src family. Autophosphorylation of Tyr396 (equivalent to Tyr416 of Src), located in the catalytic domain, correlates with enzyme activation. Csk-mediated phosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal Tyr507 (equivalent to Tyr527 of Src) inactivates the kinase. Tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Lyn occurs upon association with cell surface receptors such as the B cell Ag receptor (BCR) and CD40 (2-4). Studies using knockout mice have shown that the net effect of Lyn deficiency is to render B cells hypersensitive to BCR stimulation (5-7), suggesting that the most critical role for Lyn in vivo is in the down-regulation of B cell responses. Lyn is also involved in controlling the migration and development of specific B cell populations (8).
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- Burkhardt, A.L. et al. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 7410-7414.
- Ren, C.L. et al. (1994) J. Exp. Med. 179, 673-680.
- Wang, J. et al. (1996) J. Exp. Med. 184, 831-838.
- Chan, V.W. et al. (1997) Immunity 7, 69-81.
- Hibbs, M. L. et al. (1995) Cell 83, 301-311.
- Seo, S.J. et al. (2001) J. Immunol. 166, 3710-3723.
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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.
