CST, 3814S, Bak Antibody

Polyclonal Antibody for studying Bak1. Validated for Western Blotting,Simple Western™. Highly specific and rigorously validated in-house, Bak Antibody (CST #3814) is ready to ship. Product Usage Information Western Blotting: 1:1000 Simple Western™: 1:10 - 1:50 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 Specificity / Sensitivity Bak Antibody detects endogenous levels of Bak protein. No cross reactivity was detected with other Bcl-2 family members. Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey Source / Purification Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly82 of human Bak. Antibodies were purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography. Background Bak is a proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family (1). This protein is located on the outer membrane of mitochondria and is an essential component for transduction of apoptotic signals through the mitochondrial pathway (2,3). Upon apoptotic stimulation, an upstream stimulator like truncated BID (tBID) induces conformational changes in Bak to form oligomer channels in the mitochondrial membrane for cytochrome c release. The release of cytochrome c to the cytosol activates the caspase-9 pathway and eventually leads to cell death (4,5). Alternate Names Apoptosis regulator BAK; BAK; BAK-LIKE; BAK1; Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer; Bcl-2-like protein 7; BCL2 antagonist/killer 1; BCL2-antagonist/killer 1; Bcl2-L-7; BCL2-like 7 protein; BCL2L7; CDN1; MGC117255; MGC3887; pro-apoptotic protein BAK Specification REACTIVITY: H M R Mk SENSITIVITY: Endogenous MW (kDa): 25 SOURCE: Rabbit