Formulation: 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 100 mM sodium chloride, 5 mM DTT, and 20% glycerol
Purity: ≥95% estimated by SDS-PAGE
Shelf life (days): 180
Notes: Phosphatase and tensin homology on chromosome 10 (PTEN) functions as a key regulatory enzyme in many signal transduction pathways by dephosphorylating proteins and lipids such as AKT and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3). PTEN interacts with many other proteins to regulate cell division and migration, as well as promoting apoptosis when necessary.{13065} Mutation of PTEN results in many human cancers including melanoma and prostate carcinoma, making PTEN an important tumor suppressor.{12235,13040} PTEN is expressed in almost all tissues of the body as a 403 amino acid protein with an estimated molecular weight of 47 kDa, however the actual migration observed on western blot may vary among distinct samples.{13064}