Human EIF2AK4 (GCN2) knockout HEK-293T cell line (ab267246)
Overview
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Product name
Human EIF2AK4 (GCN2) knockout HEK-293T cell line
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Parental Cell Line
HEK293T -
Organism
Human -
Mutation description
Knockout achieved by using CRISPR/Cas9, 16 bp deletion in exon 9 and 1 bp insertion in exon 9 -
Passage number
<20 -
Knockout validation
Sanger Sequencing, Western Blot (WB) -
Tested applications
Suitable for: WBmore details -
Biosafety level
2 -
General notes
Recommended control: Human wild-type HEK293T cell line (ab255449). Please note a wild-type cell line is not automatically included with a knockout cell line order, if required please add recommended wild-type cell line at no additional cost using the code WILDTYPE-TMTK1.
Cryopreservation cell medium: Cell Freezing Medium-DMSO Serum free media, contains 8.7% DMSO in MEM supplemented with methyl cellulose.
Culture medium: DMEM (High Glucose) + 10% FBS
Initial handling guidelines: Upon arrival, the vial should be stored in liquid nitrogen vapor phase and not at -80°C. Storage at -80°C may result in loss of viability.
1. Thaw the vial in 37°C water bath for approximately 1-2 minutes.
2. Transfer the cell suspension (0.8 mL) to a 15 mL/50 mL conical sterile polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 8.4 mL pre-warmed culture medium, wash vial with an additional 0.8 mL culture medium (total volume 10 mL) to collect remaining cells, and centrifuge at 201 x g (rcf) for 5 minutes at room temperature. 10 mL represents minimum recommended dilution. 20 mL represents maximum recommended dilution.
3. Resuspend the cell pellet in 5 mL pre-warmed culture medium and count using a haemocytometer or alternative cell counting method. Based on cell count, seed cells in an appropriate cell culture flask at a density of 2x104 cells/cm2. Seeding density is given as a guide only and should be scaled to align with individual lab schedules.
4. Incubate the culture at 37°C incubator with 5% CO2. Cultures should be monitored daily.Subculture guidelines:
- All seeding densities should be based on cell counts gained by established methods.
- A guide seeding density of 2x104 cells/cm2 is recommended.
- A partial media change 24 hours prior to subculture may be helpful to encourage growth, if required.
- Cells should be passaged when they have achieved 80-90% confluence.
This product is subject to limited use licenses from The Broad Institute, ERS Genomics Limited and Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC, and is developed with patented technology. For full details of the licenses and patents please refer to our limited use license and patent pages.
We will provide viable cells that proliferate on revival.
Properties
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Number of cells
1 x 106 cells/vial, 1 mL -
Adherent /Suspension
Adherent -
Tissue
Kidney -
Cell type
epithelial -
STR Analysis
Amelogenin X D5S818: 8, 9 D13S317: 12, 14 D7S820: 11 D16S539: 9, 13 vWA: 16, 19 TH01: 7, 9.3 TPOX: 11 CSF1PO: 11, 12 -
Antibiotic resistance
Puromycin 1.00µg/ml -
Mycoplasma free
Yes -
Storage instructions
Shipped on Dry Ice. Store in liquid nitrogen. -
Storage buffer
Constituents: 8.7% Dimethylsulfoxide, 2% Cellulose, methyl ether -
Research areas
Target
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Function
Can phosphorylate the alpha subunit of EIF2 and may mediate translational control. -
Tissue specificity
Widely expressed. -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. GCN2 subfamily.
Contains 2 protein kinase domains.
Contains 1 RWD domain. -
Domain
Kinase domain 1 is a degenerate kinase domain.
RWD domain is reported to interact with GCN1L1. -
Post-translational
modificationsAutophosphorylated on threonine residues. - Information by UniProt
Associated products
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KO cell lysates
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Related Products
Applications
The Abpromise guarantee
Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab267246 in the following tested applications.
The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.
Application | Abreviews | Notes |
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WB |
Use at an assay dependent concentration. Predicted molecular weight: 187 kDa.
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WB
Use at an assay dependent concentration. Predicted molecular weight: 187 kDa. |
Images
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All lanes : Anti-GCN2 antibody [EPR5970(2)] (ab134053) at 1/1000 dilution
Lane 1 : Wild-type HEK-293T cell lysate
Lane 2 : EIF2AK4 knockout HEK-293T cell lysate
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Predicted band size: 187 kDa
Observed band size: 187 kDaLanes 1- 2: Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab134053 observed at 187 kDa. Red - Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291) observed at 50 kDa.
ab134053 was shown to react with GCN2 in wild-type HEK-293T cells in western blot. Loss of signal was observed when knockout cell line ab267246 (knockout cell lysate ab256902) was used. Wild-type HEK-293T and EIF2AK4 knockout HEK-293T cell lysates were subjected to SDS-PAGE. ab134053 and Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (ab7291) overnight at 4°C at a 1 in 1000 Dilution and a 1 in 20000 dilution respectively. Blots were developed with Goat anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye®800CW) preadsorbed (ab216773) and Goat anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye®680RD) preadsorbed (ab216776) secondary antibodies at 1 in 20000 dilution for 1 hour at room temperature before imaging.
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Allele-1: 16 bp deletion in exon9
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Allele-2: 1 bp insertion in exon 9.
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Representative images of EIF2AK4 knockout HEK293T cells, low and high confluency examples (top left and right respectively) and wild-type HEK293T cells, low and high confluency (bottom left and right respectively) showing typical adherent, epithelial-like morphology. Images were captured at 10X magnification using a EVOS XL Core microscope.
Protocols
Datasheets and documents
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SDS download
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Datasheet download
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