Specifications
Properties
Additional Info
Background
Specifications
| SPECIES REACTIVITY: | Human |
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| HOMOLOGY: | Predicted species reactivity based on immunogen sequence: Bovine: (94%), Mouse: (79%) |
| TESTED APPLICATIONS: | ELISA, ICC, IF, WB |
| APPLICATIONS: | IKK alpha can be used for detection of IKK alpha by Western blot at 1 μg/mL. An 85 kDa band should be detected. Antibody can also be used for immunocytochemistry starting at 1 μg/mL. For immunofluorescence start at 20 μg/mL. Antibody validated: Western Blot in human samples; Immunocytochemistry in human samples and Immunofluorescence in human samples. All other applications and species not yet tested. |
| USER NOTE: | Optimal dilutions for each application to be determined by the researcher. |
| POSITIVE CONTROL: | 1) Cat. No. 1201 - HeLa Cell Lysate |
| 2) Cat. No. 1205 - Jurkat Cell Lysate | |
| 3) Cat. No. 17-005 - Jurkat Cell Slide | |
| PREDICTED MOLECULAR WEIGHT: | 85 kDa |
| SPECIFICITY: | Antibody has no cross response to IKKb or IKKg. |
| IMMUNOGEN: | IKK alpha antibody was raised against a 19 amino acid peptide near the carboxy terminus of human IKK alpha. The immunogen is located within the last 50 amino acids of IKK alpha. |
| HOST SPECIES: | Rabbit |
Properties
| PURIFICATION: | IKK alpha Antibody is affinity chromatography purified via peptide column. |
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| PHYSICAL STATE: | Liquid |
| BUFFER: | IKK alpha Antibody is supplied in PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide. |
| CONCENTRATION: | batch dependent |
| STORAGE CONDITIONS: | IKK alpha antibody can be stored at 4˚C for three months and -20˚C, stable for up to one year. As with all antibodies care should be taken to avoid repeated freeze thaw cycles. Antibodies should not be exposed to prolonged high temperatures. |
| CLONALITY: | Polyclonal |
| ISOTYPE: | IgG |
| CONJUGATE: | Unconjugated |
Additional Info
| ALTERNATE NAMES: | IKK alpha Antibody: IKK1, IKKA, IKBKA, TCF16, NFKBIKA, IKK-alpha, Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha, Conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase, I-kappa-B kinase alpha |
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| ACCESSION NO.: | AF009225 |
| PROTEIN GI NO.: | 2327068 |
| OFFICIAL SYMBOL: | CHUK |
| GENE ID: | 1147 |
Background
| BACKGROUND: | IKK alpha Antibody: Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is a ubiquitous transcription factor and an essential mediator of gene expression during activation of immune and inflammatory responses. NF-κB mediates the expression of a great variety of genes in response to extracellular stimuli including IL-1, TNFa, and bacteria product LPS. NF-κB is associated with IκB proteins in the cell cytoplasm, which inhibit NF-κB activity. The long-sought IκB kinase (IKK), which phosphorylates IκB, and mediates IκB degradation and NF-κB activation, was recently identified by several laboratories. IKK is a serine protein kinase, and the IKK complex contains alpha and beta subunits (IKKα and IKKβ). IKKα and IKKβ interact with each other and both are essential for the NF-κB activation. IKKα specifically phosphorylates IkB-alpha. IKKα is expressed in variety of human tissues. |
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| REFERENCES: | 1) DiDonato JA, Hayakawa M, Rothwarf DM, Zandi E, Karin M. A cytokine-responsive IκB kinase that activates the transcription factor NF-κB. Nature 1997;388:548-54 | 2) Regnier CH, Song HY, Gao X, Goeddel DV, Cao Z, Rothe M. Identification and characterization of an IκB kinase. Cell 1997;90:373-83 | 3) Zandi E, Rothwarf DM, Delhase M, Hayakawa M, Karin M. The IκB kinase complex (IKK) contains two kinase subunits, IKKα and IKKβ, necessary for IκB phosphorylation and NF-κB activation. Cell 1997;91:243-52 | 4) Woronicz JD, Gao X, Cao Z, Rothe M, Goeddel DY. IκB kinase-β: NF-κB activation and complex formation with IκB kinase-α and NIK. Science 1997;278:866-9 |
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