Anti-PRAS40 (Thr356) Antibody

PRAS40 (proline-rich Akt/PKB substrate of 40 kDa) acts at the intersection of the Akt- and mTOR-mediated signaling pathways and its phosphorylation by Akt and by mTORC1 results in dissociation of PRAS40 from mTORC1 which may relieve an inhibitory constraint on mTORC1 activity (Wiza et al., 2012). Phosphorylation of PRAS40 by Akt and association with 14-3-3 has also been indicated to be crucial for insulin to stimulate mTOR. (Vander Haar et al., 2007). The primary function of PRAS40 in vivo in Drosophila has been shown to regulate TORC1 activity, and not to act as a downstream target and effector of TORC1 (Pallares et al., 2012).