PTEN Monoclonal Antibody

Ab type

Primary antibody

Background

This gene was identified as a tumor suppressor that is mutated in a large number of cancers at high frequency. The protein encoded by this gene is a phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase. It contains a tensin like domain as well as a catalytic domain similar to that of the dual specificity protein tyrosine phosphatases. Unlike most of the protein tyrosine phosphatases, this protein preferentially dephosphorylates phosphoinositide substrates. It negatively regulates intracellular levels of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate in cells and functions as a tumor suppressor by negatively regulating AKT/PKB signaling pathway. The use of a non-canonical (CUG) upstream initiation site produces a longer isoform that initiates translation with a leucine, and is thought to be preferentially associated with the mitochondrial inner membrane. This longer isoform may help regulate ener

Reactivity

Human,Mouse

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Mouse

Isotype

IgG

Immunogen

Purified recombinant fragment of PTEN expressed in E. Coli.

Storage Stability

-20°C for one year

Concentration

1 mg/ml

MolecularWeight_Da

N/A

synonyms

PTEN; MMAC1; TEP1; Phosphatidylinositol 3; 4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase and dual-specificity protein phosphatase PTEN; Mutated in multiple advanced cancers 1; Phosphatase and tensin homolog