Background: Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases are a large class of proteins involved in signal transduction pathways that are activated by a range of stimuli and mediate a number of physiological and pathological changes in the cell. Dual specificity phosphatases (DUSPs) are a subclass of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) gene superfamily, which are selective for dephosphorylating critical phosphothreonine and phosphotyrosine residues within MAP kinases. DUSP gene expression is induced by a host of growth factors and/or cellular stresses, thereby negatively regulating MAP kinase superfamily members including MAPK/ERK, SAPK/JNK and p38. MKP-7 binds to and inactivates p38 MAPK isoforms alpha and beta, and JNK/SAPK, but not ERK. ERK phosphorylates MKP-7 on Ser 446, thereby stabilizing the protein and blocking JNK activation. MKP-7 is predominantly localized in the cytoplasm, but becomes exclusively nuclear following leptomycin B treatment.

Description: Rabbit polyclonal to DUSP16

Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from DUSP16

Specificity:  ·Reacts with Human, Mouse and Rat.

·Isotype: IgG

Application:  ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 73 kDa;

·Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin/frozen tissue section): 1/100-500;

·Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: 1/100;

·Immunoprecipitation: 1/50;

·ELISA: 1/500;

·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.