{"product_id":"cst-7952v3","title":"CST,  7952V3, PathScan® Total eIF2 alpha Sandwich ELISA Kit","description":"ELISA Kit for studying EIF2S1\/eIF2-alpha in the research area.\n\n\u003cb\u003eProtocol\u003c\/b\u003e\nAvailable protocols: ELISA+\n\u003cb\u003eSpecificity \/ Sensitivity\u003c\/b\u003e\nPathScan\nSpecies Reactivity: Human\n\u003cb\u003eBackground\u003c\/b\u003e\nPhosphorylation 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).\n\u003cb\u003eAlternate Names\u003c\/b\u003e\nEIF-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\n\n\u003cb\u003eSpecification\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nREACTIVITY: H","brand":"CST","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46800671473833,"sku":"7952V3","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/iright.com\/products\/cst-7952v3","provider":"Iright","version":"1.0","type":"link"}