anti- MYLK antibody

Host

Rabbit

Uniprot ID

Q15746

Form

liquid

Purification

Immunogen affinity purified

Purity

>= 95%

Clonality

polyclonal

Clone ID

Isotype

IgG

Storage

PBS with 0.02% sodium azide and 50% glycerol pH 7.3 , -20℃ for 12 months (Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles.)

Background

This gene, a muscle member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, encodes myosin light chain kinase which is a calcium/calmodulin dependent enzyme. This kinase phosphorylates myosin regulatory light chains to facilitate myosin interaction with actin filaments to produce contractile activity. This gene encodes both smooth muscle and nonmuscle isoforms. In addition, using a separate promoter in an intron in the 3' region, it encodes telokin, a small protein identical in sequence to the C-terminus of myosin light chain kinase, that is independently expressed in smooth muscle and functions to stabilize unphosphorylated myosin filaments. A pseudogene is located on the p arm of chromosome 3. Four transcript variants that produce four isoforms of the calcium/calmodulin dependent enzyme have been identified as well as two transcripts that produce two isoforms of telokin. Additional variants have been identified but lack full length transcripts.

Immunogen

myosin light chain kinase

Synonyms

MLCK, MLCK1, MYLK1

Observed MW

140 kDa

Reactivity

Human, Mouse, Rat

Tested Application

ELISA, WB, IHC

Recommended dilution

WB: 1:500 - 1:2000; IHC: 1:50 - 1:100

Gene ID

4638

Research Area

Neuroscience, Signal Transduction, Metabolism