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Mouse CRP / C-Reactive Protein (His Tag)

AI255847

Catalog Number P50409-M08H
Organism Species Mouse
Host Human Cells
Synonyms AI255847
Molecular Weight The secreted recombinant mouse CRP consists of 216 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 24.4 kDa. As a result of glycosylation, the apparent molecular mass of rmCRP is approximately 30 kDa in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Glu 21
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 94 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the mouse CRP (NP_031794.3) (Met 1-Ser 225) was expressed, with a C-terminal polyhistidine tag.
Bio-activity
Research Area Developmental Biology |Metabolism |Types of disease |Metabolism in Metabolic disorders
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH 7.4
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is synthesized by the liver in response to factors released by fat cells. It is a member of the pentraxin family of proteins. The levels of CRP rise in response to inflammation. Human C-reactive protein (CRP) is the classical acute phase reactant, the circulating concentration of which rises rapidly and extensively in a cytokine-mediated response to tissue injury, infection and inflammation. Serum CRP values are routinely measured, empirically, to detect and monitor many human diseases. However, CRP is likely to have important host defence, scavenging and metabolic functions through its capacity for calcium-dependent binding to exogenous and autologous molecules containing phosphocholine (PC) and then activating the classical complement pathway. CRP may also have pathogenic effects and the recent discovery of a prognostic association between increased CRP production and coronary atherothrombotic events is of particular interest.
Reference
  • Pepys MB. et al., 2003, J Clin Invest. 111 (12): 1805-12.
  • Thompson D. et al., 1999, Structure. 7(2): 169-77.