Reactive species
Human;Mouse;Rat
Applications
WB;ELISA;IHC
Antibody type
Polyclonal Antibody
Protein name
Myosin light chain kinase smooth muscle
Immunogen
The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human MYLK. AA range:1701-1750
Specificity
MYLK Polyclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of MYLK protein.
Constitute
Liquid in PBS containing 50% glycerol, 0.5% BSA and 0.02% sodium azide.
Source
Polyclonal, Rabbit,IgG
Dilution rate
WB 1:500-2000;IHC-p 1:50-300; ELISA 2000-20000
Purification process
The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen.
Other name
MYLK; MLCK; MLCK1; MYLK1; Myosin light chain kinase; smooth muscle; MLCK; smMLCK; Kinase-related protein; KRP; Telokin
Background
myosin light chain kinase(MYLK) Homo sapiens This gene, a muscle member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, encodes myosin light chain kinase which is a calcium/calmodulin dependent enzyme. This kinase phosphorylates myosin regulatory light chains to facilitate myosin interaction with actin filaments to produce contractile activity. This gene encodes both smooth muscle and nonmuscle isoforms. In addition, using a separate promoter in an intron in the 3' region, it encodes telokin, a small protein identical in sequence to the C-terminus of myosin light chain kinase, that is independently expressed in smooth muscle and functions to stabilize unphosphorylated myosin filaments. A pseudogene is located on the p arm of chromosome 3. Four transcript variants that produce four isoforms of the calcium/calmodulin dependent enzyme have been identified as well as two transcripts that produce two isoforms of telokin. Additional variants have been
Function
alternative products:Additional isoforms seem to exist,catalytic activity:ATP + [myosin light-chain] = ADP + [myosin light-chain] phosphate.,cofactor:Calcium.,cofactor:Magnesium.,enzyme regulation:Isoform 1 is activated by phosphorylation on Tyr-464 and Tyr-471. Isoforms which lack these tyrosine residues are not regulated in this way. All catalytically active isoforms require binding to calcium and calmodulin for activation.,function:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent enzyme implicated in smooth muscle contraction via phosphorylation of myosin light chains (MLC). Implicated in the regulation of endothelial as well as vascular permeability. In the nervous system it has been shown to control the growth initiation of astrocytic processes in culture and to participate in transmitter release at synapses formed between cultured sympathetic ganglion cells. Critical participant in signaling sequences
