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Mouse PLK1 / PLK-1 Protein (His Tag)

Plk,STPK13

Catalog Number P50624-M07B
Organism Species Mouse
Host Baculovirus-Insect Cells
Synonyms Plk,STPK13
Molecular Weight The recombinant mouse PLK1 consists of 622 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 70.6 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 65 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Met
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 90 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the mouse PLK1 (Q07832) (Met 1-Ser 603) was fused with a polyhistidine tag at the N-terminus.
Bio-activity The specific activity was determined to be 3 nmol/min/mg using casein as substrate.
Research Area Cancer |Signal transduction |Protein Kinase |Intracellular Kinase |Polo-Like Kinase (PLK)
Formulation Supplied as sterile 20mM Tris, 500mM NaCl, pH 7.4, 10% gly
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background Serine / threonine-protein kinase PLK1 / PLK-1, also known as polo-like kinase 1 (PLK-1) or serine / threonine-protein kinase 13 (STPK13), Polo-like kinases (PLKs), is a family of four serine / threonine protein kinases that are critical regulators of cell cycle progression, mitosis, cytokinesis, and the DNA damage response. PLK1 / PLK-1 is ubiquitously expressed. The mRNA and protein expression of PLK1 / PLK-1, -2 and -4 are coordinately regulated during cell cycle progression, but PLK3 levels are independent of the other three family members. PLK1 / PLK-1 is the most well characterized member of this family and strongly promotes the progression of cells through mitosis. During the various stages of mitosis PLK1 / PLK-1 localizes to the centrosomes, kinetochores and central spindle. PLKs are dysregulated in a variety of human cancers. PLK1 / PLK-1 overexpression correlates with cellular proliferation and poor prognosis. Serine / threonine-protein kinase that performs several important functions throughout M phase of the cell cycle, including the regulation of centrosome maturation and spindle assembly, the removal of cohesins from chromosome arms, the inactivation of APC / C inhibitors, and the regulation of mitotic exit and cytokinesis. It is required for recovery after DNA damage checkpoint and entry into mitosis. PLK1 / PLK-1 is required for kinetochore localization of BUB1B, spindle pole localization of isoform 3 of SGOL1 and plays a role in regulating its centriole cohesion function. PLK1 / PLK-1 Phosphorylates BORA, and thereby promotes the degradation of BORA. PLK1 / PLK-1 also contributes to the regulation of AURKA function and phosphorylates SGOL1.
Reference
  • Lee KS, et al. (2008) Self-regulated mechanism of Plk1 localization to kinetochores: lessons from the Plk1-PBIP1 interaction. Cell Div. 3: 4.
  • Zhou T, et al. (2003) A role for Plk1 phosphorylation of NudC in cytokinesis. Dev Cell. 5 (1): 127-38.
  • Lee M, et al. (2004) Phosphorylation of BRCA2 by the Polo-like kinase Plk1 is regulated by DNA damage and mitotic progression. Oncogene. 23 (4): 865-72.