Anti-PLK2 Antibody Picoband® Fluoro488 Conjugated

Polo-like kinase2, also known as SNK is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLK2 gene. PLK2 is a member of the polo family of serine/threonine protein kinases that have a role in normal cell division. The International Radiation Hybrid Mapping Consortium mapped the SNK gene to chromosome 5. SNK involved in synaptic plasticity, centriole duplication and G1/S phase transition. This gene plays a key role in synaptic plasticity and memory by regulating the Ras and Rap protein signalin: required for overactivity-dependent spine remodeling by phosphorylating the Ras activator RASGRF1 and the Rap inhibitor SIPA1L1 leading to their degradation by the proteasome.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2;2.7.11.21; Polo-like kinase 2; PLK-2; hPlk2; Serine/threonine-protein kinase SNK; hSNK; Serum-inducible kinase; PLK2; SNK

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human PLK2, different from the related mouse sequence by one amino acid, and from the related rat sequence by two amino acids.

Tumor suppressor serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in synaptic plasticity, centriole duplication and G1/S phase transition. Polo-like kinases act by binding and phosphorylating proteins are that already phosphorylated on a specific motif recognized by the POLO box domains. Phosphorylates CENPJ, NPM1, RAPGEF2, RASGRF1, SNCA, SIPA1L1 and SYNGAP1. Plays a key role in synaptic plasticity and memory by regulating the Ras and Rap protein signaling: required for overactivity-dependent spine remodeling by phosphorylating the Ras activator RASGRF1 and the Rap inhibitor SIPA1L1 leading to their degradation by the proteasome. Conversely, phosphorylates the Rap activator RAPGEF2 and the Ras inhibitor SYNGAP1, promoting their activity. Also regulates synaptic plasticity independently of kinase activity, via its interaction with NSF that disrupts the interaction between NSF and the GRIA2 subunit of AMPARs, leading to a rapid rundown of AMPAR-mediated current that occludes long term depression. Required for procentriole formation and centriole duplication by phosphorylating CENPJ and NPM1, respectively. Its induction by p53/TP53 suggests that it may participate in the mitotic checkpoint following stress. .

1. Liby, K., Wu, H., Ouyang, B., Wu, S., Chen, J., Dai, W. Identification of the human homologue of the early-growth response gene Snk, encoding a serum-inducible kinase. DNA Seq. 11: 527-533, 2001. 2. Entrez Gene: PLK2 polo-like kinase 2 (Drosophila) .

Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, centriole . Cell projection, dendrite . Localizes to centrosomes during early G1 phase where it only associates to the mother centriole and then distributes equally to both mother and daughter centrioles at the onset of S phase.