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Human BMF / Bcl2 modifying factor Protein (His Tag)

BMF

Catalog Number P13639-H07E
Organism Species Human
Host E. coli
Synonyms BMF
Molecular Weight The recombinant human BMF consists of 199 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 22.3 KDa. It migrates as an approximately 25 KDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N His
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 85 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the mature form of human BMF (Q96LC9-1) (Met1-Arg184) was expressed with a polyhistide tag at the N-terminus.
Bio-activity
Research Area Cancer |Signal transduction |Cytoskeleton / ECM |Cytoskeletal Proteins |Motor Proteins |Dynein |
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile 50mM Tris, 0.1% Brij35, pH 8.0.
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background BMF(Bcl2 modifying factor) belongs to the BCL2 protein family. BCL2 family members form hetero- or homodimers and act as anti- or pro-apoptotic regulators that are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities. BMF contains a single BCL2 homology domain 3 (BH3), and has been shown to bind BCL2 proteins and function as an apoptotic activator. BMF is found to be sequestered to myosin V motors by its association with dynein light chain 2, which may be important for sensing intracellular damage and triggering apoptosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.
Reference
  • Hattori A, et al. (2001) Characterization of long cDNA clones from human adult spleen. DNA Res. 7(6):357-66.
  • Day Catherine L, et al. (2004) Localization of dynein light chains 1 and 2 and their pro-apoptotic ligands. Biochem J. 377(Pt 3):597-605.
  • Puthalakath H, et al. (2001) Bmf: a proapoptotic BH3-only protein regulated by interaction with the myosin V actin motor complex, activated by anoikis. Science. 293(5536):1829-32.