| Immunogen | PeptidecontainingapSerthatcorrespondstoaminoacidposition473ofhumanAkt1/PKBa | 
| Clone | SK703 | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | phosphorylatedAkt1/PKBa | 
| Isotype | IgG | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Theserine-threonineproteinkinaseencodedbytheAKT1geneiscatalyticallyinactiveinserum-starvedprimaryandimmortalizedfibroblasts.AKT1andtherelatedAKT2areactivatedbyplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor.Theactivationisrapidandspecific,anditisabrogatedbymutationsinthepleckstrinhomologydomainofAKT1.Itwasshownthattheactivationoccursthroughphosphatidylinositol3-kinase.InthedevelopingnervoussystemAKTisacriticalmediatorofgrowthfactor-inducedneuronalsurvival.Survivalfactorscansuppressapoptosisinatranscription-independentmannerbyactivatingtheserine/threoninekinaseAKT1,whichthenphosphorylatesandinactivatescomponentsoftheapoptoticmachinery.Multiplealternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantshavebeenfoundforthisgene. | 
| GeneSymbol | AKT1RACPRKBARAC-ALPHAPKBMGC99656RAC-PK-alphaC-AKTAKT
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| Modifications |  | 
| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P31749#Generalproteinkinasecapableofphosphorylatingseveralknownproteins.PhosphorylatesTBC1D4.Signalsdownstreamofphosphatidylinositol3-kinase(PI(3)K)tomediatetheeffectsofvariousgrowthfactorssuchasplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor(PDGF),epidermalgrowthfactor(EGF),insulinandinsulin-likegrowthfactorI(IGF-I).Playsaroleinglucosetransportbymediatinginsulin-inducedtranslocationoftheGLUT4glucosetransportertothecellsurface.MediatestheantiapoptoticeffectsofIGF-I.Mediatesinsulin-stimulatedproteinsynthesis,partlybyplayingaroleinbothinsulin-inducedphosphorylationof4E-BP1andininsulin-inducedactivationofp70S6kinase.Promotesglycogensynthesisbymediatingtheinsulin-inducedactivationofglycogensynthase. SIZE:480aminoacids;55686Da
 SUBUNIT:InteractswithCENTG1isoform2(PIKE-A)inthepresenceofguaninenucleotides.TheC-terminusinteractswithCCDC88A/GRDN.InteractswithAKTIP.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.Nucleus.Note=Nucleusafteractivationbyintegrin-linkedproteinkinase1(ILK1).
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Inallhumancelltypessofaranalyzed.
 DOMAIN:SwissProt:P31749BindingofthePHdomaintothephosphatidylinositol3-kinasealpha(PI(3)K)resultsinitstargetingtotheplasmamembrane.
 PTM:PhosphorylationonThr-308,Ser-473andTyr-474isrequiredforfullactivity.Ser-473phosphorylationbytheRictor-mTorcomplexfavorsThr-308phosphorylationbyPDPK1.Ser-473phosphorylationisenhancedbyinteractionwithCENTG1isoform2(PIKE-A).
 SIMILARITY:Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.AGCSer/Thrproteinkinasefamily.RACsubfamily.&Contains1AGC-kinaseC-terminaldomain.&Contains1PHdomain.&Contains1proteinkinasedomain.
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| MolecularWeight | 60kDa |