Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - MAPK Signaling

MEK1/2 Antibody #9122

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W IP H M R Mk Dm (C) (X) Endogenous 45 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting  IP=Immunoprecipitation
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey  C=Chicken  Dm=D. melanogaster  X=Xenopus
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

MEK1/2 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total MEK1/2 protein. The antibody does not cross-react with related kinases such as SEK (MKK4), MKK3 or MKK6.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the sequence of human MEK1/2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from untreated, TPA-treated or lambda phosphatase-treated HeLa cells, using Phospho-MEK 1/2 (Ser217/221) Antibody #9121 (upper) or MEK 1/2 Antibody #9122 (lower).

Background

MEK1 and MEK2, also called MAPK or Erk kinases, are dual-specificity protein kinases that function in a mitogen activated protein kinase cascade controlling cell growth and differentiation (1-3). Activation of MEK1 and MEK2 occurs through phosphorylation of two serine residues at positions 217 and 221, located in the activation loop of subdomain VIII, by Raf-like molecules. MEK1/2 is activated by a wide variety of growth factors and cytokines and also by membrane depolarization and calcium influx (1-4). Constitutively active forms of MEK1/2 are sufficient for the transformation of NIH/3T3 cells or the differentiation of PC-12 cells (4). MEK activates p44 and p42 MAP kinase by phosphorylating both threonine and tyrosine residues at sites located within the activation loop of kinase subdomain VIII.

  1. Crews, C.M. et al. (1992) Science 258, 478-480.
  2. Alessi, D.R. et al. (1994) EMBO J. 13, 1610-1619.
  3. Rosen, L.B. et al. (1994) Neuron 12, 1207-1221.
  4. Cowley, S. et al. (1994) Cell 77, 841-852.

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