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Recombinant human ERK1 (p44, MAPK3), protein kinase, active, His Tag, 10 µg  

Recombinant human ERK1 (p44, MAPK3), protein kinase, active, His Tag, 10 µg

Recombinant human Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) / Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK3), His Tag, active enzyme

Alternate Names: p44, p44 MAPK, p44MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase 3, MAP kinase 3, MAPK3, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1, p44 ERK1, p44ERK1

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PK-ERK1-A010

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295,00 €

Background: Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that functions as the major effector of the Ras protein, a small GTPase. The so called “ERK cascade” consists of three enzymes, the initial GTPase-regulated kinase Raf, (MAP3K) that phosphorylates and activates an intermediate kinase MEK (MAP2K) that, in turn, phosphorylates a threonine and a tyrosine residue of the activation loop of the effector kinase ERK (MAPK).  Both, ERK1 and ERK2 share a high sequence identity (90%) and are co-expressed in most tissues but differ in their relative abundance. The substrate specificities of the  ERK1 and ERK2 protein kinases are very similar. The consensus sequence for ERK1 substrates has been identified as -Pro- Leu-Ser/Thr-Pro. Both kinases are involved in proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle processes, and survival.  ERK1 / 2 differentially phosphorylates a variety of nuclear (Elk-1, c-Myc), cytosolic (MNK1/2, Raf) and cytoskeletal (MAP2, Tau) targets. Since the ERK pathway is often up-regulated in human tumors it represents an attractive target for anticancer drugs development.

Human ERK1, recombinantly expressed in E. coli. Highly active form produced by phosphorylation of the purified ERK1 in vitro with MEK1 followed by subsequent purification using affinity chromatography.

Expression system: E.coli   
Molecular weight (His fusion protein): 44.5 kDa
Protein concentration: 0.5 mg/ml (Bradford with BSA as standard)
Storage buffer: 50 mM Tris-HCl, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT, 50 % glycerol, pH 8.5
Purity: > 95% by SDS PAGE
Specific activity: 257,100 U*/mg (1 Unit is defined as 1 picomole phosphate  transferred to myelin basic protein per min at 30 °C)
Entrez Gene ID: 5595 
UniProtKB: P27361

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Product specific literature references:

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Brondello JM, Pouyssegur J, McKenzie FR (1999) "Reduced MAP kinase phosphatase-1 degradation after p42/p44MAPK-dependent phosphorylation" Science 286(5449):2514-7

Lu Z, Xu S, Joazeiro C, Cobb MH, Hunter T (2002) "The PHD domain of MEKK1 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase and mediates ubiquitination and degradation of ERK1/2" Mol Cell 9(5):945-56

Mazzucchelli C, Vantaggiato C, Brambilla R et al. (2002) "Knockout of ERK1 MAP kinase enhances synaptic plasticity in the striatum and facilitates striatal-mediated learning and memory" Neuron 34(5):807-20