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Human OTUB2 Protein (His Tag)

C14orf137,OTB2,OTU2

Catalog Number P13177-H07E
Organism Species Human
Host E. coli
Synonyms C14orf137,OTB2,OTU2
Molecular Weight The recombinant human OTUB2 consisting of 249 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 29 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 30 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Met
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 97 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the human OTUB2 (Q96DC9-1) (Met 1-His 234) was expressed, with a polyhistide tag at the N-terminus.
Bio-activity
Research Area Epigenetics |Histone Modifying Enzymes |Ubiquitylation |Deubiquitination
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile PBS, 10% glycerol, pH 7.5
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background Otubain 2 (OTUB2) is a member of DUBs that belong to the ovarian tumour (OTU) superfamily of proteins which consists of a five-stranded β-sheet sandwiched in between a small helical amino-terminal region consisting of α1 and α2, and a large helical region comprised of α3-α10. Like other DUBs, otubain 2 (OTUB2) cleaves proteins precisely at the ubiquitin-protein bond so that ubiquitylation process can be reversed and regulated. Otubain 2 (OTUB2)'s active-site cleft is sterically occluded by a novel loop conformation resulting in an oxyanion hole, which consists uniquely of backbone amides. Furthermore, the residues that orient and stabilize the active-site histidine of otubain 2 (OTUB2) are different from other cysteine proteases. This reorganization of the active-site topology provides a possible explanation for the low turnover and substrate specificity of the otubains.
Reference
  • Balakirev MY, et al. (2003) Otubains: a new family of cysteine proteases in the ubiquitin pathway. EMBO Rep 4 (5): 517-22.
  • Nanao MH. (2004) Crystal structure of human otubain 2. EMBO reports. 5: 783-8.