Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of v-akt2, an alias of the protein, AKT serine/threonine kinase 2. The official gene symbol is AKT2. The kits can detect several species variants of the protein, including: human, mouse, and rat. The protein, with a mass of 55.8 kDa and length of 481 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic, nuclear and membrane-associated. It is a member of the Protein kinase superfamily, AGC Ser/Thr protein kinase family, RAC subfamily and may be known by other names, including: putative v-akt murine thymoma viral oncoprotein 2, protein kinase B beta, murine thymoma viral (v-akt) homolog-2, RAC-PK-beta, PKB beta, and RAC-beta serine/threonine-protein kinase, and v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 2.