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FastScan Total GCN2 ELISA Kit

1 Kit

(96 assays)

Species Cross Reactivity:
H

UniProt ID:
#Q9P2K8

Entrez-Gene Id:
#440275

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For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.

Product Includes Product # Quantity Color
FastScan™ ELISA Microwell Strip Plate, 96 Well5325796 tests
GCN2 Rabbit Capture mAb155201 eaGreen (Lyophilized)
GCN2 Rabbit HRP-linked mAb262771 eaRed (Lyophilized)
FastScan™ ELISA Capture Antibody Diluent160763 mlGreen
FastScan™ ELISA HRP Antibody Diluent281203 ml
TMB Substrate700411 ml
STOP Solution700211 ml
Sealing Tape545031 ea
ELISA Wash Buffer (20X)980125 ml
FastScan™ ELISA Cell Extraction Buffer (5X)6990510 ml
FastScan™ ELISA Cell Extraction Enhancer Solution (50X)252431 ml
FastScan™ ELISA Kit #96050 Positive Control Type 2329811 ea

Kit contents scale proportionally with size, except sealing tape.
Example: The V1 kit contains 5X the listed quantities above, but will exclude the sealing tape.

For the “C” and “V” kits, the supplied 96-well strip plate consists of twelve 8-well strips in a support frame. This enables custom plate configurations.

Description

The FastScan™ Total GCN2 ELISA Kit is a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects endogenous levels of GCN2. To perform the assay, sample is incubated with a capture antibody conjugated with a proprietary tag and a second detection antibody linked to HRP, forming a sandwich with GCN2 in solution. This entire complex is immobilized to the plate via an anti-tag antibody. The wells are then washed to remove unbound material. TMB is then added. The magnitude of observed signal is proportional to the quantity of GCN2.

*Antibodies in kit are custom formulations specific to kit.

Specificity/Sensitivity

The FastScan™ Total GCN2 ELISA Kit detects endogenous levels of GCN2, as shown in Figure 1. This kit detects proteins from the indicated species, as determined through in-house testing, but may also detect homologous proteins from other species.

Background

Phosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) alpha subunit is a well-documented mechanism of downregulating protein synthesis under a variety of stress conditions. Kinases activated by viral infection (PKR), endoplasmic reticulum stress (PERK/PEK), amino acid deprivation (GCN2), and hemin deficiency (HRI) can phosphorylate the eIF2 alpha subunit (1,2). GCN2 is also required for UV light-induced translation inhibition, and in vivo phosphorylation of murine GCN2 at Thr898 is induced by both UV irradiation and by leucine deprivation (3). UV-induced activation of NF-κB also requires GCN2, which may act simply by preventing translation of IκB-alpha to replace pools that have been ubiquitinated and degraded (4). Interestingly, proteasome inhibitors (MG132 and ALLN) activate the GCN2/eIF2alpha pathway, suggesting a pivotal role for this kinase in stress response and ubiquitin-mediated signaling (5). In vitro autophosphorylation of yeast GCN2 within its activation loop at Thr882 and Thr887 (Thr898 and Thr903 in mouse) has also been reported (6).

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FastScan™ ELISA is a registered trademark of Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.

U.S. Patents 9,086,407, 9,261,500, and 9,476,874, foreign equivalents, and child patents deriving therefrom.

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Figure 1. Treatment of HT-1376 cells with UV irradiation stimulates phosphorylation of GCN2 at Thr899 but does not affect the level of total GCN2. The relationship between lysate protein concentration from untreated and UV-treated HT-1376 cells and the absorbance at 450 nm using the FastScan™ Total GCN2 ELISA Kit #96050 is shown in the upper figure. The corresponding western blots using GCN2 antibody (left panel) and phospho-GCN2 (Thr899) antibody (right panel) are shown in the lower figure. HT-1376 cells were treated with UV (50 mJ/cm2 with 30 min recovery at 37°C) and then lysed.
ELISA Image 1: FastScan<sup>™</sup> Total GCN2 ELISA Kit
Orders: 877-616-CELL (2355) [email protected] Support: 877-678-TECH (8324) [email protected] Web: cellsignal.com
For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.