CST, 7286V1, PathScan® Phospho-eIF2 alpha (Ser51) Sandwich ELISA Kit

ELISA Kit for studying EIF2S1/eIF2-alpha (Ser52) phosphate in the research area. Protocol Available protocols: ELISA+ Specificity / Sensitivity The PathScan Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse Background Phosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) α subunit is a well-documented mechanism to downregulate protein synthesis under a variety of stress conditions. eIF2 binds GTP and Met-tRNAi and transfers Met-tRNA to the 40S subunit to form the 43S preinitiation complex (1,2). eIF2 promotes a new round of translation initiation by exchanging GDP for GTP, a reaction catalyzed by eIF2B (1,2). Kinases that are activated by viral infection (PKR), endoplasmic reticulum stress (PERK/PEK), amino acid deprivation (GCN2), or heme deficiency (HRI) can phosphorylate the α subunit of eIF2 (3,4). This phosphorylation stabilizes the eIF2-GDP-eIF2B complex and inhibits the turnover of eIF2B. Induction of PKR by IFN-γ and TNF-α induces potent phosphorylation of eIF2α at Ser51 (5,6). Alternate Names EIF-2; eIF-2-alpha; eIF-2A; eIF-2alpha; EIF2; eIF2-alpha; EIF2A; EIF2S1; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 1; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit alpha; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, subunit 1 alpha, 35kDa; IF2A Specification REACTIVITY: H M