Storage, Stability, and Shipping: Store product at –70
oC. For optimal storage, aliquot target into smaller quantities after centrifugation and store at recommended temperature. For most favorable performance, avoid repeated handling and multiple freeze/thaw cycles.
Applications: Kinase Assay, Western Blot
Molecular Weight: ~72kDa
Gene Aliases: MASK; RP6-213H19.1
Scientific Background: MST4 belongs to a family of proteins that share similarity with a budding yeast serine/threonine kinase, sterile-20 (Ste20), and have a role in mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling during cytoskeletal rearrangement, morphogenesis, apoptosis, and other diverse cellular events (1). Expression of MST4 has been shown to correlate with tumorigenicity and inversely with androgen receptor status in a number of human prostate cancer cell lines. Overexpression of MST4 induced anchorage-independent growth and increased in vitro proliferation of these prostate cancer cell lines (2).
References:
1. Dan, I. Et al: Cloning of MASK, a novel member of the mammalian germinal center kinase III subfamily, with apoptosis-inducing properties. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 5929-5939, 2002.
2. Sung, V. et al: The Ste20 kinase MST4 plays a role in prostate cancer progression. Cancer Res. 63: 3356-3363, 2003.
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Specific Activity: Sample Kinase Activity Plot. For specific information on a given lot, see related technical data sheet. |
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Purity: Sample Purity Data. For specific information on a given lot, see related technical data sheet. |
The MST4, Active product can be utilized in the following research areas, but not limited to:
AKT/PKB Pathway, Apoptosis/Autophagy, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, JNK/SAPK Pathway, Neurobiology, Receptor Tyrosine Kinases