MAP3K5 Antibody

ELISA results of purified polyclonal anti-pS83 ASK-1 antibody tested against BSA conjugates of non-phospho and phospho forms of immunizing peptide. Each well was coated with 0.1 mg of conjugate. The starting dilution of antibody was 1:1000 and each point on the X-axis represents a 2-fold dilution. HRP conjugated Gt-a-Rabbit IgG H&L and TMB substrate were used for detection.

Western blot of anti-pS83 ASK1 antibodies shows specificity for phosphorylated human ASK1. Anti-pS83 (aa 76-87) antibody was tested by western blot against Cos-7 cell lysates after transient transfection with 1) vector only, 2) recombinant HA-ASK1, and 3) recombinant human HA-ASK1 where S83 was substituted with an alanine residue. Cells were lysed 24 h post-transfection in 200 µl of 1x SDS-sample buffer, heated at 96°C for 5', and vortexed for 30 sec. Samples (10 µl each) were separated on a 12% SDS-PAGE gel and transferred to PVDF (Millipore) followed by blocking for 45' using TTBS supplemented with 5% non-fat dry milk. All incubations were performed at room temperature. In panel a) all samples were incubated with anti-HA antibody. This blot demonstrates both recombinant transfections express rASK1. In panel b) all samples were incubated with anti-pS83 ASK1. Lane 2 shows strong specific staining of ASK1. Lane 3, where S83 was replaced with alanine, shows greatly diminished staining. In panel c) all samples were incubated with anti-pS83 ASK1 antibody as before except the antibody was pre-incubated with phospho peptide prior to membrane incubation. No staining is observed after phospho peptide blocking occurs.