Specials

Recombinant human ACK (110-476) was expressed by baculovirus in Sf9 insect cells using an N-terminal GST tag. ACK is a tyrosine kinase that binds CDC42Hs in its GTP-bound form and inhibits both the intrinsic and GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-stimulated GTPase activity of CDC42Hs (1). Overexpression of ACK in cancer cell lines of epithelial origin increases cellular motility and invasiveness. In a mouse model, ACK overexpression enhances the ability of a human breast cancer cell line to metastasize to the lung and increased mortality (2). Ligand stimulation of alpha-3 beta-1 integrin leads to activation of ACK which then enhances p130CAS phosphorylation and activation of RAC. Kinase Enzyme System contains: Kinase: ACK, 10ug (Human, recombinant; amino acids 110-476). MW: ~66kDa. Substrate: Poly (4:1 Glu, Tyr) Peptide. Other: Reaction Buffer, DTT, MnCl2. ACK NCBI Database Entry: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/10188/.