Human/Mouse PEA-15 Alexa Fluor® 594-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

Background: PEA-15

PEA-15 (Phosphoprotein Enriched in Astrocytes of 15 kDa) is a 15 kDa cytoplasmic protein that regulates cell proliferation and apoptosis. It is expressed in multiple cell types such as astrocytes; skeletal muscle and adipocytes. Human PEA-15 is 130 amino acids (aa) in length. It contains a death effector domain (aa 3‑81), plus two regulatory Ser phosphorylation sites. In a quiescent cell, it is either non-phosphorylated or constitutively phosphorylated at Ser116. Non-phosphorylated PEA-15 binds ERK, inhibiting cell proliferation. Phosphorylation at Ser116 promotes PEA-15 binding to FADD, blocking apoptosis. And activation-induced phosphorylation at Ser104 blocks PEA-15 binding to ERK, promoting cell proliferation. There is one potential alternate start site 21 aa upstream of the standard start site, and a second isoform that shows an Asn substitution for aa 36‑58. Full-length human and mouse PEA-15 show 99% aa identity.

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Related Research Areas

• Apoptosis Adaptor Proteins
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