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Human PAK3 Protein (His Tag)

bPAK,CDKN1A,hPAK3,MRX30,MRX47,OPHN3,PAK3beta

Catalog Number P11532-H08B
Organism Species Human
Host Baculovirus-Insect Cells
Synonyms bPAK,CDKN1A,hPAK3,MRX30,MRX47,OPHN3,PAK3beta
Molecular Weight The recombinant human PAK3 consists of 554 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 62 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 60 kDa band in SDS-PAGE in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Met 1
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 97 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the human PAK3 isoform 2 (O75914-2) (Met 1-Arg 544) was fused with a polyhistidine tag at the C-terminus.
Bio-activity The specific activity was determined to be 98 nmol/min/mg using MBP as substrate.
Research Area Cancer |Signal transduction |Cytoskeleton / ECM |Extracellular Matrix |Structures |Focal Adhesions |
Formulation Supplied as sterile 20mM Tris, 500mM NaCl, pH 7.4, 10% glycerol
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background PAK3 is a member of PAK proteins, a family of serine/threonine p21-activating kinases, serve as effectors of small Rho GTPases Cdc42 and RAC and have been implicated in a wide range of biological activities. There are six mammalian PAKs which can be divided into two groups: group I PAKs (PAK1-3) and group II PAKs (PAK4-6). Although the two PAK groups are architecturally similar there are differences in their mode of regulation suggesting their cellular functions are likely to be different. Group I p21-activated kinases (PAK1/2/3) is demonstrated as ERK3/ERK4 activation loop kinases. It has been shown that group I PAKs phosphorylate ERK3 and ERK4 on Ser-189 and Ser-186, respectively, both in vitro and in vivo, and that expression of activated Rac1 augments this response. Besides regulation enzymatic activation of ERK3/ERK4, PAKs can also play roles in downstream activation of MAP kinase-activated protein kinase 5 (MK5) in vivo. Thus, the  group I PAKs act as upstream activators of ERK3 and ERK4 and unravel a novel PAK-ERK3/ERK4-MK5 signaling pathway. In clinical, PAK has been proposed as a potential therapeutic target in schwannomas.
Reference
  • Whale A, et al. (2011) Signalling to cancer cell invasion through PAK family kinases. Front Biosci. 16: 849-64.
  • Deleris P, et al. (2011) Activation loop phosphorylation of ERK3/ERK4 by group I p21-activated kinases (PAKs) defines a novel PAK-ERK3/4-MAPK-activated protein kinase 5 signaling pathway. J Biol Chem. 286 (8): 6470-8.
  • Canet B, et al. (2011) Ovarian clear cell carcinomas: RHO GTPases may contribute to explain their singular biologic behavior. Hum Pathol. 42 (6): 833-9.