CST, 2682S, IKK alpha Antibody

Polyclonal Antibody for studying IKK-alpha. Validated for Western Blotting,Immunoprecipitation. Highly specific and rigorously validated in-house, IKK alpha Antibody (CST #2682) is ready to ship. Product Usage Information Western Blotting: 1:1000 Immunoprecipitation: 1:100 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 Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation Specificity / Sensitivity IKK alpha Antibody detects endogenous levels of total IKKα protein. This antibody does not cross-react with IKKβ or IKKγ. Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey Source / Purification Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the 20 amino-terminal residues of human IKKα. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography. Background The NF-κB/Rel transcription factors are present in the cytosol in an inactive state, complexed with the inhibitory IκB proteins (1-3). Most agents that activate NF-κB do so through a common pathway based on phosphorylation-induced, proteasome-mediated degradation of IκB (3-7). The key regulatory step in this pathway involves activation of a high molecular weight IκB kinase (IKK) complex whose catalysis is generally carried out by three tightly associated IKK subunits. IKKα and IKKβ serve as the catalytic subunits of the kinase and IKKγ serves as the regulatory subunit (8,9). Activation of IKK depends upon phosphorylation at Ser177 and Ser181 in the activation loop of IKKβ (Ser176 and Ser180 in IKKα), which causes conformational changes, resulting in kinase activation (10-13). Alternate Names CHUK; component of inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase complex; conserved helix-loop ubiquitous kinase; Conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase; I-kappa-B kinase 1; I-kappa-B kinase alpha; I-kappa-B kinase-alpha; IkappaB kinase; IkB kinase alpha subunit; IkBKA; IKK-A; IKK-a kinase; IKK-alpha; IKK1; IKKA; Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha; NFKBIKA; Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B inhibitor kinase alpha; Nuclear factor NFkappaB inhibitor kinase alpha; TCF-16; TCF16; Transcription factor 16 Specification REACTIVITY: H M R Mk SENSITIVITY: Endogenous MW (kDa): 85 SOURCE: Rabbit