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Designing a Western blot for AKT3? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the AKT3 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for AKT3? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the AKT3 IHC GuideFacts about RAC-gamma serine/threonine-protein kinase.
Over 100 substrate candidates have been reported so far, but for many of them, no isoform specificity was reported. AKT3 is the least researched AKT isoform.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AKT3 |
| Uniprot: | Q9Y243 |
| Entrez: | 10000 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

Akt3; Akt-3; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; PKB gamma; PKBGDKFZp434N0250; PRKBG; RAC-gamma; v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 3 (protein kinase B, gamma)
Mass (kDA):
55.775 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q43-q44 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (243488233..243851079, complement) |
In adult tissues, it is highly expressed in brain, lung and kidney, but weakly in heart, testis and liver. In fetal tissues, it is highly expressed in heart, liver and brain and not at all in kidney.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Membrane-associated after cell stimulation leading to its translocation.





PMID: 10092583 by Brodbeck D., et al. A human protein kinase B gamma with regulatory phosphorylation sites in the activation loop and in the C-terminal hydrophobic domain.
PMID: 10208883 by Nakatani K., et al. Identification of a human Akt3 (protein kinase B gamma) which contains the regulatory serine phosphorylation site.