• Assay Type

  Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA

• Format

  96-well strip plate

• Sample Type & Volume Required

  Cell lysates (100 µL)

• Range

  78.10 - 5,000 pg/mL

• Sufficient Materials

  Kits available for two, five, or fifteen 96-well plates*

• Specificity

  Please see the

* Provided that the recommended microplates, buffers, diluents, substrates and solutions are used, and the assay is run as summarized in the Assay Procedure provided.

Product Features

• Optimized capture and detection antibody pairings with recommended concentrations save lengthy development time

• Development protocols are provided to guide further assay optimization

• Assay can be customized to your specific needs

• Available in 2, 5, and 15- (96-well) plate pack sizes

• Economical alternative to Western blot

Kit Content

• Capture Antibody

• Conjugated Detection Antibody

• Calibrated Immunoassay Standard or Control

• Streptavidin-HRP

Other Reagents Required

  PBS: (Catalog # ), or 137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8.1 mM Na  ₂HPO  ₄, 1.5 mM KH  ₂O  ₄, pH 7.2 - 7.4, 0.2 µm filtered  
 
  Wash Buffer: (Catalog # ), or equivalent  
 
  Lysis Buffer*  
 
  IC Diluent*

Blocking Buffer*  
 
  Substrate Solution: 1:1 mixture of Color Reagent A (H  ₂O  ₂) and Color Reagent B (Tetramethylbenzidine) (Catalog # )  
 
  Stop Solution: 2 N H  ₂SO  ₄ (Catalog # )  
 
  Microplates: From Costar EIA Plate (Costar Catalog # 2592) or R&D Systems (Catalog # ), or equivalent  
 
  Plate Sealers: ELISA Plate Sealers (Catalog # ), or equivalent  
 

*For the Lysis Buffer, IC Diluent, and Blocking BUffer recommended for a specific DuoSet ELISA Development Kit, please see the product

Preparation and Storage

• Storage

  Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.

Background: ERK2

ERK1 and ERK2 (also known as MAPK3 and MAPK1) are 44 and 42 kDa Ser/Thr kinases, respectively. They are part of the Ras-Raf-ERK signal transduction cascade often found downstream of growth factor receptor activation. ERK1 and ERK2 were initially isolated and cloned as kinases activated in response to insulin and NGF. They are expressed in most, if not all, mammalian tissues. Dual threonine and tyrosine phosphorylation activate both ERKs, at Thr202/Tyr204 for human ERK1 and Thr185/Tyr187 for human ERK2.

ERK5, also known as Big Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase 1 (BMK1) and MAPK7, is activated by several mechanisms, including receptor tyrosine kinases, G protein-coupled receptors, and osmotic stress. Like ERK1 and ERK2, ERK5 contains the conserved Thr-Glu-Tyr activation motif in its activation loop. Unlike these ERKs, however, ERK5 contains a unique C-terminal domain that regulates its activation and nuclear translocation.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  5594 (Human); 26413 (Mouse); 116590 (Rat);

• Long Name:

  Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 2

• Aliases:

  EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.24; ERK; ERK2; ERK-2; ERK2MAP kinase isoform p42; ERT1; Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2; MAP kinase 1; MAP kinase 2; MAPK 1; MAPK1; MAPK2; mitogen-activated protein kinase 1; Mitogen-activated protein kinase 2; p38; p40; p41; p41mapk; p42mapk; p42-MAPK; PRKM1; PRKM1MAPK 2; PRKM2; protein tyrosine kinase ERK2