ROKβ/ROCK-I Protein, active, 10 µg

routinely evaluated by phosphorylation of Long S6 substrate peptide (Catalog #12-420)

Research Category
Inflammation & Immunology

G protein, RhoA/Rho kinase 1 (ROCK1) is a serine/threonine kinase. It plays a vital role in the regulation of cell growth, and invasive and metastatic progression of various types of human cancers. ROCK1 is involved in the regulation of apoptosis or programmed cell death in various cell types. Overexpression of ROCK1 has been observed in various tumors, including glioblastoma, melanoma, osteosarcoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. This protein is known to enhance actin-myosin contractility by phosphorylating regulatory myosin light chains (MLCs). It also plays a role in cell motility through the modulation of integrin β1-activated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling.

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Research area: Apoptosis

N-terminal His6-tagged, recombinant, human ROCK-I amino acids 17-535; autoactivated by incubating with Mg/ATP and redialysed to remove excess ATP

Product Source: expressed by baculovirus in Sf21 insect cells

For Specific Activity data, refer to the Certificate of Analysis for individual lots of this enzyme

Also available in 250 µg size --call for pricing and availability and reference catalog number 14-601M when ordering the 250 µg size.

Ni²⁺/NTA-agarose

6 months at -70°C

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