Anti-Integrin linked ILK Antibody Picoband®

ILK, also known as Integrin-linked kinase, is a serine-threonine protein kinase. Transduction of extracellular matrix signals through integrins influences intracellular and extracellular functions, and appears to require interaction of integrin cytoplasmic domains with cellular proteins. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of beta-1 integrin. This gene was initially described to encode a serine/ threonine protein kinase with 4 ankyrin-like repeats, which associates with the cytoplasmic domain of beta integrins and acts as a proximal receptor kinase regulating integrin-mediated signal transduction. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. Recent results showed that ILK contains 5 ankyrin-like repeats, and that the C-terminal kinase domain is actually a pseudo-kinase with adaptor function.

E.coli-derived human Integrin linked ILK recombinant protein (Position: M1-H203) . Human Integrin linked ILK shares 99.5% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with both mouse and rat Integrin linked ILK.

Receptor-proximal protein kinase regulating integrin- mediated signal transduction. May act as a mediator of inside-out integrin signaling. Focal adhesion protein part of the complex ILK-PINCH. This complex is considered to be one of the convergence points of integrin- and growth factor-signaling pathway. Could be implicated in mediating cell architecture, adhesion to integrin substrates and anchorage-dependent growth in epithelial cells. Phosphorylates beta-1 and beta-3 integrin subunit on serine and threonine residues, but also AKT1 and GSK3B.

1. Entrez Gene: ILK integrin-linked kinase. 2. Fielding AB, Dobreva I, McDonald PC, Foster LJ, Dedhar S (Feb 2008) . Integrin-linked kinase localizes to the centrosome and regulates mitotic spindle organization. The Journal of Cell Biology 180 (4) : 681–9. 3. Melchior, C., Kreis, S., Janji, B., Kieffer, N. Promoter characterization and genomic organization of the gene encoding integrin-linked kinase 1. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1575: 117-122, 2002.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Cell junction, focal adhesion. Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Cell projection, lamellipodium . Cytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere.