Protease/Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail (100X) #5872

Dynamic protein phosphorylation is a key cellular signaling mechanism by which a broad spectrum of cellular processes is regulated. In order to study the phosphorylation status of specific target proteins the phosphorylated residue of interest must remain intact. When cells are lysed to make whole cell extracts, a loss of normal cellular signaling regulation occurs, and phosphatases within the cell extract are free to dephosphorylate proteins in an uncontrolled manner. The addition of phosphatase inhibitors to the cell lysis buffer aids in the preservation of phosphorylated residues at the time of cell disruption.

This same loss of normal cellular control when generating whole cell extracts also leads to uncontrolled degradation of proteins by endogenous proteases. The addition of protease inhibitors to the cell lysis buffer aids in the preservation of target proteins in the cell extract.