Product Name: AurB (222-228) pS227
Product Number: PE-04AAR95
Size: 200 µg      Price:42.00
1 mg      $US84.00
5 mg      185.00
Peptide Name: AurB (222-228) pS227

Product Use: Services as a blocking peptide for use with the AurKB-pS227 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Cat. No.: AB-PK530) that is also available from Kinexus. This phosphopeptide may also be useful as a substrate for screening the phosphatase activity of protein phosphatases. The peptide sequence is located in the protein kinase catalytic domain activation T loop region between subdomains VII and VIII. S227 phosphorylation is predicted to be stimulatory for phosphotransferase activity.

Peptide Production Method: Solid-phase peptide synthesis

Peptide Origin: Homo sapiens

Peptide Sequence: VAHAP-pS-L

Peptide Modifications N Terminus: Free amino

Peptide Modifications C Terminus: βAla-Cys

Peptide Modifications Other: Phosphorylated

Peptide Molecular Mass Calculated: 989 Da

Peptide Purity Percent after Synthesis and Purification: >95

Peptide Appearance: White powder

Peptide Form: Solid

Storage Conditions: -20°C

Related Product 1: AurB - pS227 phosphosite-specific antibody (Cat. No.: AB-PK530)

Scientific Background: AurB (AurKB, AIK2) is a protein-serine/threonine kinase of the Other group and AUR family. It serves as a component of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) that plays a critical role in regulating mitosis. AurB may be a tumour requiring protein (TRP). Its low rate of mutation and down-regulation in human cancers supports it identification as a tumour-requiring protein, and as a target for cancer drug development. However, AurB is overexpressed in some colorectal cancers and other tumour cell lines, which was thought to lead to multinuclearity, increased ploidy, and a predisposition to cancer. Through its dominant-negative effect on cytokinesis, disruptive regulation of its expression is potentially responsible for the perturbing the chromosomal integrity in cancer cells. A K106R mutation leads to loss of phosphotransferase activity, and severely impairs mitosis.