Human p16INK4a / CDKN2A Alexa Fluor® 647-conjugated Antibody

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

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Background: p16INK4a / CDKN2A

p16INK4a (16 kDa Inhibitor of CDK4-a; also MTS1, CDK41 and CDKN2) is a 16 kDa member of the CDKN2 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor family of molecules. It is widely expressed (although not in skeletal muscle) and serves as a negative regulator of cell proliferation. It does so by associating with CDK4 or 6, thereby blocking cyclin binding and subsequent Ser/Thr kinase activity. Human p16INK4a is 156 amino acids (aa) in length. It contains four “L” shaped ankyrin repeats
(aa 11‑139) that interact with cyclin. There are at least two splice variants for p16INK4a. One is termed p12 and shows a 65 aa substitution for aa 52‑156; the other simply shows an alternate start site at Met52. Full‑length human p16INK4a shares 63% aa identity with mouse p16INK4a.

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Related Research Areas

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