Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), also known as protein tyrosine kinase 2 (PTK2), is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that can be activated by growth factor receptors, cytokine receptors, and GPCRs. FAK is a central regulator of ECM/integrin and cadherin signaling and plays a role in cell adhesion, cell junction, migration, survival, and mechanosensing. Increased FAK expression and phosphorylation is implicated in increased tumor cell adhesion, tumor cell motility and invasion, and with fibroblast migration on fibronectin in tissue fibrosis.

The AlphaLISA SureFire Human and Mouse Phospho-FAK (Tyr397) Detection Kit is a sandwich immunoassay for the quantitative detection of phospho-FAK (Tyr397) in cellular lysates, using Alpha Technology.

Formats

• The HV (high volume) kit contains reagents to run 100 wells in 96-well format, using a 60 μL reaction volume.
• The 500-point kit contains enough reagents to run 500 wells in 384-well format, using a 20 μL reaction volume.
• The 10,000-point kit contains enough reagents to run 10,000 wells in 384-well format, using a 20 μL reaction volume.
• The 50,000-point kit contains enough reagents to run 50,000 wells in 384-well format, using a 20 μL reaction volume.

AlphaLISA SureFire Ultra kits are compatible with

• Cell and tissue lysates
• Antibody modulators
• Biotherapeutic antibodies

Alpha SureFire kits can be used for

• Cellular kinase assays
• Receptor activation studies
• Screening