Background: The insulin receptor is a heterotetrameric membrane glycoprotein with tyrosine-protein kinase activity, consisting of disulfide-linked subunits in a beta-alpha-alpha-beta configuration. The beta subunit possesses a single transmembrane domain, whereas the alpha subunit is completely extracellular. The alpha chains contribute to the formation of the ligand-binding domain, while the beta chains carry the kinase domain. Binding of insulin to the insulin receptor stimulates its association with downstream mediators including IRS1 and phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K) which leads to glucose uptake. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene produced by alternative splicing.
Description: Rabbit polyclonal to Insulin Receptor
Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from Insulin Receptor
Specificity: ·Reacts with Human, Mouse, Rabbit, Dog, Chicken and Rat.
·Isotype: IgG
Application: ·Western blotting: 1/200-500. Predicted Mol wt: 156 kDa;
·Immunohistochemistry (Frozen/paraffin tissue section): 1/100-500;
·Immunocytochemistry: 1/100-500;
·ELISA: 1/1000;
·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.