The alpha subunit of Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha) plays a key regulatory role in protein synthesis
In response to a cellular stress, phosphorylation of eIF2alpha at Ser52 occurs by the EIF2AK family of kinases including PERK (EIF2AK3) and PKR (EIF2AK2) to prohibit the initiation of protein synthesis
For use in combination with the GFP-EIF2alpha physiological protein substrate (Cat
No
PV4809) to evaluate inhibitors in medium to high throughput screening applications.