Mouse AGRP Protein (Fc Tag)
Agrt,Art
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Catalog Number | P50276-M02H |
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Organism Species | Mouse |
Host | Human Cells |
Synonyms | Agrt,Art |
Molecular Weight | The recombinant mouse AGRP /Fc is a disulfide-linked homodimer. The reduced monomer comprises 352 amino acids and has a predicted molecular mass of 39.4 KDa. The apparent molecular mass of the protein is approximately 41 KDa in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions due to glycosylation. |
predicted N | Val 21 |
SDS-PAGE | |
Purity | > 85 % as determined by SDS-PAGE |
Protein Construction | A DNA sequence encoding the mouse AGRP (Met1-Thr131) was expressed with the Fc region of human IgG1 at the C-terminus. |
Bio-activity | |
Research Area | Cancer |Signal transduction |Metabolism |Amino Acids |
Formulation | Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH 7.4 1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA. |
Background | Agouti Related Protein (AGRP, or AGRT), is an endogenous antagonist of the melanocortin receptors MC3R and MC4R found in the hypothalamus and exhibits potent orexigenic activity. AGRP can act as a competitive antagonist to proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived peptides at the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R), and that this homeostatic mechanism is important as a means of coordinating appetite with perceived metabolic requirement. AGRP is upregulated by fasting while intracerebroventricular injections of synthetic AGRP lead to increased appetite and food intake. Thus, AGRP is a powerful orexigenic peptide that increases food intake when ubiquitously overexpressed or when administered centrally. |
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