Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:Rat
Specificity / Sensitivity
Phospho-Pyk2 (Tyr402) Antibody detects endogenous levels of Pyk2 only when phosphorylated at tyrosine 402. This antibody may cross-react with other phospho-tyrosine containing proteins.
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Tyr402 of human Pyk2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Protein tyrosine kinase Pyk2, also called CAKβ, RAFTK and CADTK, is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase structurally related to focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (1-4). Pyk2 is predominantly expressed in cells derived from hematopoietic lineages and in the central nervous system. Pyk2 is one of the signaling mediators for the G-protein-coupled receptors and MAP kinase signaling pathway. It plays an important role in cell spreading and migration (5-7).Pyk2 is tyrosine phosphorylated and activated upon ligation of TCR (8,9). Phosphorylated Tyr402 of Pyk2 is required for the phosphorylation of other tyrosines on Pyk2 and provides a binding site for Fyn SH2 in the T-cell activation (10).