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M2 Protein

Catalog No. Product Name Size List Price (US$) Quantity
BP002804-ENZ-072 Recombinant Human DLAT/DLST/BCOADC 20 ug 160.00
BP002804-ENZ-072 Recombinant Human DLAT/DLST/BCOADC 1 mg 3900.00
Description

Introduction
M2 autoantigen is a key mark of antimitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA), a typical serological feature in patients suffering from primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) which is a serious autoimmune liver disease accompanied by damage to intrahepatic bile ducts. Molecular definition of the M2 antigen has displayed it as no less than 3 separate target proteins. The M2 role is like the so-called E2 subunits (or dihydrolipoamide transferases) of different mitochondrial dehydrogenase complexes:
*pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
*branched chain 2-oxo-acid dehydrogenase complex.
*2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex.
Biochemically, these complexes catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of various alpha-keto-acid substrates and systematically engage with a prosthetic lipoamide group; they are situated in the mitochondrial matrix in association with the inner membrane. The most well-known reactivity of AMA positive PBC sera is against PDC-E2. Some patients have AMA which reacts with PDC-E2 alone (95%), but most patients also show reactivity against OGDC-E2 (39-88%) and/or BCOADC-E2 (53-55%). Actually, patients can be found with reactivity only against OGDC-E2 and/or BCOADC-E2 and no PDC-E2 autoantibodies. These patients will be overlooked in assays based on natural source-derived, predominantly PDC-E2-containing M2 antigen preparations.

BP002804-ENZ-072: Recombinant Human DLAT/DLST/BCOADC

Source: Sf9 insect cells-derived.
Purity: > 75% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
Formulation: M2 is supplied in 16 mM HEPES buffer pH-8.0, 400 mM NaCl, and 20% glycerol.
Applications: Western blot with anti-M2-Antigen autoantibody-positive patient sera or monoclonal
anti-hexa-His-tag antibody.

Shipping: The product is shipped with ice pack. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage: Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70°C as supplied.

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