Anti-PKR/EIF2AK2 Antibody Picoband®

Boster Bio Anti-PKR/EIF2AK2 Antibody Picoband® catalog # PB9803. Tested in Flow Cytometry, IF, ICC, WB applications. This antibody reacts with Human. The brand Picoband indicates this is a premium antibody that guarantees superior quality, high affinity, and strong signals with minimal background in Western blot applications. Only our best-performing antibodies are designated as Picoband, ensuring unmatched performance.

EIF2AK2 (Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2-Alpha Kinase 2), also called PKR, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EIF2AK2 gene. Activation of EIF2AK2 allows the kinase to phosphorylate its natural substrate, the alpha subunit of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor-2, leading to the inhibition of protein synthesis. By FISH analysis, Squire et al. (1993) assigned the EIF2AK2 gene to the boundary between chromosome 2p22-p21. Ben-Asouli et al. (2002) showed that human gamma-interferon mRNA uses local activation of PKR in the cell to control its own translation yield. IFNG mRNA was found to activate PKR through a pseudoknot in its 5-prime untranslated region. Taylor et al. (1999) studied the mechanism underlying the resistance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) to interferon. They demonstrated that the HCV envelope protein E2 contains a sequence identical with phosphorylation sites of the interferon-inducible protein kinase PKR and the translation initiation factor EIF2-alpha, a target of PKR. E2 inhibited the kinase activity of PKR and blocked its inhibitory effect on protein synthesis and cell growth.

Product information

Supplier	Boster Bio
ABMIUM evidence status	ABMIUM Verified™ collaborator-tested data
Catalogue reference	PB9803
Product category	Primary Antibodies
Reactive species	Human
Tested applications	ELISA, Flow Cytometry, IF/ICC, IHC, IHC-P, WB
Available conjugations	Unconjugated, Biotin, Cy3, Fluoro488, Fluoro550, Fluoro594, FITC, HRP, APC, PE, Fluoro647
Gene name	EIF2AK2
Protein name	Interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase
Specificity	No cross reactivity with other proteins.
Immunogen	A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human PKR, different from the related mouse sequence by fifteen amino acids, and from the related rat sequence by thirteen amino acids.
Host	Rabbit
Clonality	Polyclonal
Isotype	Rabbit IgG
Purification	Immunogen affinity purified.
Storage	Store at -20℃ for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4℃ for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20℃ for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
UniProt	P19525
NCBI Gene ID	5610

Available variants

Conjugation	Size
Unconjugated	100 μg/vial
Biotin	100 μg/vial
Cy3	100 μg/vial
Fluoro488	100 μg/vial
Fluoro550	100 μg/vial
Fluoro594	100 μg/vial
FITC	100 μg/vial
HRP	100 μg/vial
APC	100 μg/vial
PE	100 μg/vial
Fluoro647	100 μg/vial