Papain Polyclonal Antibody, Biotin, Rockland™

Description

• Store vial at 4°C prior to restoration
• For extended storage aliquot contents and freeze at -20°C or below
• Avoid cycles of freezing and thawing
• Centrifuge product if not completely clear after standing at room temperature
• This product is stable for several weeks at 4°C as an undiluted liquid
• Dilute only prior to immediate use
• Anti-Papain antibody is an IgG fraction antibody purified from monospecific antiserum by a multi-step process which includes delipidation, salt fractionation and ion exchange chromatography followed by extensive dialysis against the buffer stated above
• Assay by immunoelectrophoresis resulted in a single precipitin arc against anti-Biotin, anti-Goat Serum as well as purified and partially purified Papain [Carica papaya]
• Cross reactivity against Papain from other sources may occur but have not been specifically determined
• Papain is a protease derived from the papaya fruit (Carica papaya)
• It hydrolyses peptides with broad specificity, but shows a preference for large hydrophobic amino acids in the P2 position
• It is synthesised as an inactive 40 kDa precursor containing a 107 residue N terminal pro region and a 26 residue signal peptide.