Host: Rabbit

Target Protein: DMPK

IR: Immunogen Range:51-120/629

Clonality: Polyclonal

Isotype: IgG

Entrez Gene: 1760

Swiss Prot: Q09013

Source: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from human DMPK:51-120/629 

Purification: affinity purified by Protein A

Storage: 0.01M TBS(pH7.4) with 1% BSA, 0.03% Proclin300 and 50% Glycerol. Shipped at 4℃. Store at -20 °C for one year. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

Background: Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase is a multi-domain protein kinase found in muscle that is activated in response to G protein second messengers and proteolysis (1). DMPK is implicated in myotonic muscular dystrophy (DM), an autosomal dominant-inherited disorder that predominately affects skeletal and cardiac muscle and causes defects in cardiac conduction (2,3). DM arises through expansion of CTG repeats in the 3’-UTR of the DMPK gene (4). Mutant DMPK transcripts with an extended region of CUG repeats are retained in the nucleus (5). These transcripts also influence the expression of the DM locus-associated homeodomain protein (DMAHP)/SIX5, to mediate in part the DM phenotype (6). Other substrates for DMPK include myogenin, L-type calcium channels, and Phospholemman (PLM) (1).