Anaspec has introduced kinase substrates as Go Peptides.
Protein kinases are a transferase family of self-regulatory enzymes that catalyse the phosphorylation of other proteins by covalently attaching phosphate groups to them, using ATP as a phosphate donor.
Reversible protein phosphorylation-dephosphorylation has a principal role in the regulation of essentially all cellular functions and most aspects of cell life.
Phosphorylation by protein kinases is a major signal transduction mechanism that regulates gene expression, proliferation, membrane transport, cell metabolism and many other cellular functions by modifying other proteins.
Anaspec carries more than 300 kinase substrates as part of its Go line of research-ready peptides.