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HPA041162

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Anti-TK2 antibody produced in rabbit

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-Thymidine Kinase 2, Mitochondrial

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

mouse, human

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry: 1:50-1:200

immunogen sequence

YVVLSEWFDWILRNMDVSVDLIVYLRTNPETCYQRLKKRCREEEKVIPLEYLEAIHHLHEEWLIKGSLFPMAAPVLVIEADHHMERMLELFEQNRD

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... TK2(7084)

General description

Thymidine kinase 2, mitochondrial (TK2) is a deoxyribonucleoside kinase encoded by the gene mapped to human chromosome 16q21. The encoded protein is localized mainly in mitochondria.{4 }

Immunogen

thymidine kinase 2, mitochondrial recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

All Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies is developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project . Each antibody is tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues. These images can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. We also provide Prestige Antibodies® protocols and other useful information.
Anti-TK2 antibody produced in rabbit has been used in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) to visualize thymidine Kinase 2 (TK2) protein on a nitrocellulose membrane.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Thymidine kinase 2, mitochondrial (TK2) phosphorylates thymidine (dT), deoxyuridine and deoxycytidine (dC). In addition, it also catalyzes the phosphorylation of a number of antiviral and anticancer nucleoside analogs and thus, plays a key role in mitochondrial toxicities caused by nucleoside analogues. TK2 also aids in regulation and production of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mutation or loss of TK2 can cause mitochondrial disease and are associated with mtDNA depletion or deletions in the affected tissues.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST82263

Physical form

Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide.

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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siRNA knockdown of mitochondrial thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) sensitizes human tumor cells to gemcitabine.
Oncotarget null
Cloning of the cDNA and chromosome localization of the gene for human thymidine kinase 2.
Johansson M and Karlsson A
The Journal of Biological Chemistry null
DNA copy number aberrations associated with aneuploidy and chromosomal instability in breast cancers.
Kawauchi S
Oncology Reports null
Christine Di Cresce et al.
Oncotarget, 6(26), 22397-22409 (2015-06-19)
Nucleoside metabolism enzymes are determinants of chemotherapeutic drug activity. The nucleoside salvage enzyme deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) activates gemcitabine (2', 2'-difluoro-2'-deoxycytidine) and is negatively regulated by deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP). Reduction of dCTP in tumor cells could, therefore, enhance gemcitabine activity. Mitochondrial
Thymidine kinase 2 enzyme kinetics elucidate the mechanism of thymidine-induced mitochondrial DNA depletion.
Sun R and Wang L
Biochemistry null

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