Human PDH E1 alpha protein ELISA Kit (PDHA1)

Human PDH E1 alpha ELISA kit (ab181415) is a single-wash 90 min sandwich ELISA designed for the quantitative measurement of PDH E1 alpha protein in human cell and tissue extracts. It uses our proprietary SimpleStep ELISA® technology. Quantitate human PDH E1 alpha with 12 ng/mL sensitivity.

SimpleStep ELISA® technology employs capture antibodies conjugated to an affinity tag that is recognized by the monoclonal antibody used to coat our SimpleStep ELISA® plates. This approach to sandwich ELISA allows the formation of the antibody-analyte sandwich complex in a single step, significantly reducing assay time. See the SimpleStep ELISA® protocol summary in the image section for further details. Our SimpleStep ELISA® technology provides several benefits:

-Single-wash protocol reduces assay time to 90 minutes or less
-High sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility from superior antibodies
-Fully validated in biological samples
-96-wells plate breakable into 12 x 8 wells strips

A 384-well SimpleStep ELISA® microplate (ab203359) is available to use as an alternative to the 96-well microplate provided with SimpeStep ELISA® kits.

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex performs the decarboxylation of pyruvate into acetyl CoA, a critical function in metabolism, linking glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. The enzyme is composed of multiple copies of three enzymes: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1), dihydrolipoamide transacetylase (E2) and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (E3). The E1 enzyme is a tetramer of two alpha (PDHA1) and two beta (PDHB) subunits and is present in 30 copies in the PDH complex.

The activity of PDH is regulated by reversible phosphorylation of three serine residues on the PDHA1 subunit at phospho S232, phospho S293, and phospho S300. ELISA assays to measure phospho 232, and phospho S300 are available from Abcam (ab115343, ab115345). The phosphorylation of these sites is catalyzed by PDH kinases (PDK). There are four known PDK isoforms, distributed differently in tissues. Their expressions are regulated differently by factors such as starvation, hypoxia and utilization of glucose and fatty acids in various tissues. Dephosporylation, to restore the activity of PDH, is catalyzed by PDH phosphatases (PDP). There are two known isoforms of PDP; PDP1 is present in high levels in skeletal muscle and PDP2 in liver and adipocytes. Functional PDH kinases and phosphatases are available from Abcam (ab110359, ab110354, ab110355, ab110356).