MEK1, GST-tag | 40123

MEK1, GST-tag | 40123 | Gentaur US, UK & Europe Disrtribition

Category: Kinase-Serine/Threonine/Protein

Application: Useful for the study of enzyme kinetics, screening inhibitors, and selectivity profiling

Background: MEK1 is a member of the dual specificity protein kinase family that acts as a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase. MEK1 lies upstream of MAPK/ERK and stimulates the enzymatic activity of MAPK/ERK upon a wide variety of extra- and intracellular signals. As an essential component of MAPK/ERK signal transduction pathway, MEK1 is involved in many cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, transcription regulation and development (1). Constitutive activation of MEK1 results in cellular transformation. Thus, MEK1 represents a likely target for pharmacologic intervention in proliferative disease such as cancer (2).

Description: Recombinant human MEK1, also known as MAP2K1 (MAP [Mitogen-Activated Protein] Kinase Kinase 1), MKK1, or ERK kinase, GenBank Accession #NM_002755, full length, with an N-terminal GST-tag, MW = 74 kDa, expressed in Sf9 cells via a baculovirus expression system.

Product Type: Protein

Shippement Condition: -80°C