Bora Antibody

Catalog Number:

24871

Amount:

100μg

Price:

$319

Swiss-Prot No:

Q6PGQ7

Form of Antibody:

Supplied in PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.

Storage/Stability:

Immunogen:

Raised against a 15 amino acid peptide from near the amino terminus of human Bora.

Purification:

Affinity chromatography purified via peptide column

Specificity/Sensitivity:

Applications:

ELISA WB IHC

Background:

Bora (Protein aurora borealis) is a key activator of Aurora Related Protein Kinase A (ARK-1), which is a centrosome-associated serine/threonine kinase that regulates centrosome maturation, bipolar spindle assembly and chromosome segregation during mitosis. Bora is localized to the nucleus until mitosis is initiated, then translocates to the cytoplasm in a Cdc2 dependent manner. Activation of Cdc2 initiates the release of Bora into the cytoplasm where it can bind and activate ARK-1. PLK1 (polo-like kinase-1) interacts with Bora to control the accessibility of its activation loop for phosphorylation and activation by ARK-1. Bora and ARK-1 cooperatively activate PLK1 and control mitotic entry. Bora mutants result in multipolar spindles in mitosis identical to those observed when ARK-1 function is blocked. Thus, the ARK1-Bora-PLK1 regulatory circuit in mammalian cells elucidates a key mechanism in cell cycle regulation. At least three isoforms of Bora are known to exist.

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