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Phospho-c-Jun (Thr91) Antibody #2303

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H M R
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 48
    SOURCE Rabbit
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • M-Mouse 
    • R-Rat 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    Phospho-c-Jun (Thr91) Antibody detects endogenous levels of total c-Jun protein only when phosphorylated at threonine 91. This antibody may also recognize JunB phosphorylated at Thr102.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Mouse, Rat

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues around Thr91 of human c-Jun. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

    Background

    c-Jun is a member of the Jun family containing c-Jun, JunB, and JunD, and is a component of the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1). AP-1 is composed of dimers of Fos, Jun, and ATF family members and binds to and activates transcription at TRE/AP-1 elements (reviewed in 1). Extracellular signals, including growth factors, chemokines, and stress, activate AP-1-dependent transcription. The transcriptional activity of c-Jun is regulated by phosphorylation at Ser63 and Ser73 through SAPK/JNK (reviewed in 2). Knockout studies in mice have shown that c-Jun is essential for embryogenesis (3), and subsequent studies have demonstrated roles for c-Jun in various tissues and developmental processes, including axon regeneration (4), liver regeneration (5), and T cell development (6). AP-1 regulated genes exert diverse biological functions, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, as well as transformation, invasion and metastasis, depending on cell type and context (7-9). Other target genes regulate survival, as well as hypoxia and angiogenesis (8,10). Research studies have implicated c-Jun as a promising therapeutic target for cancer, vascular remodeling, acute inflammation, and rheumatoid arthritis (11,12).

    The multisite phosphorylation of the transcription factor c-Jun has been reinvestigated recently (13). The phosphorylation of Thr91 and Thr93 induces a change in the conformation of c-Jun that enhances accessibility of the carboxy-terminal sites to a protein phosphatase(s) (14). The identity of the protein kinase that phosphorylates Thr91 and Thr93 in vivo is unknown.

    Alternate Names

    Activator protein 1; AP-1; AP1; c-Jun; cJUN; enhancer-binding protein AP1; JUN; Jun activation domain binding protein; jun oncogene; Jun proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit; p39; Proto-oncogene c-Jun; proto-oncogene cJun; Transcription factor AP-1; Transcription factor Jun; V-jun avian sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog; v-jun sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog

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