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Phospho-PTEN (Ser380/Thr382/383) (44A7) Rabbit mAb #9549

Applications Reactivity MW (kDa) Source Isotype
W H M R Mk 54 Rabbit IgG

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

Specificity / Sensitivity

Phospho-PTEN (Ser380/Thr382/383) (44A7) Rabbit mAb detects endogenous levels of PTEN only when phosphorylated at Ser380, Thr382 and Thr383.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing rabbits with a synthetic phospho-peptide (KLH-coupled) corresponding to residues around Ser380, Thr382 and Thr383 of human PTEN.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from HeLa and NIH/3T3 cells, using Phospho-PTEN (Ser380/Thr382/383) (44A7) Rabbit mAb. Membranes were either left untreated (-) or treated with (+) calf intestinal phosphatase (CIP) post Western transfer to verify phospho-specificity of the antibody.

Background

PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome ten), also referred to as MMAC (mutated in multiple advanced cancers) phosphatase, is a tumor suppressor implicated in a wide variety of human cancers (1). PTEN encodes a 403 amino acid polypeptide originally described as a dual-specificity protein phosphatase (2). The main substrates of PTEN are inositol phospholipids generated by the activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) (3). PTEN is a major negative regulator of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway (1,4,5). PTEN possesses a carboxy-terminal, noncatalytic regulatory domain with three phosphorylation sites (Ser380, Thr382 and Thr383) that regulate PTEN stability and may affect its biological activity (6,7). PTEN regulates p53 protein level and activity (8) and is involved in G protein coupled signaling during chemotaxis (9,10).

  1. Cantley, L.C. and Neel, B.G. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 4240-4245.
  2. Myers, M.P. et al. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 9052-9057.
  3. Myers, M.P. et al. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 13513-13518.
  4. Wan, X. and Helman, L.J. (2003) Oncogene 22, 8205-8211.
  5. Wu, X. et al. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 15587-15591.
  6. Vazquez, F. et al. (2000) Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 5010-5018.
  7. Torres, J. and Pulido, R. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 993-998.
  8. Freeman, D.J. et al. (2003) Cancer Cell 3, 117-130.
  9. Funamoto, S. et al. (2002) Cell 109, 611-623.
  10. Iijima, M. and Devreotes, P. (2002) Cell 109, 599-610.

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