Thermo Fisher Scientific Mouse Furin Convertase (aa 12-27) Synthetic Peptide

Applications

Tested Dilution

Publications

Control (Ctrl)

Assay-dependent

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Product Specifications

Class

Synthetic

Type

Peptide

Conjugate

Unconjugated Unconjugated Unconjugated

Form

Lyophilized

Concentration

0.5 mg/mL

Storage conditions

-20° C, Avoid Freeze/Thaw Cycles

Shipping conditions

Wet ice

Product Specific Information

PEP-010 is a 14 amino acid (amino acids 780-793) synthetic peptide whose sequence is from the carboxyl end of the mouse furin convertase protein. The sequence of this peptide is (amino to carboxy terminus): R-G-E-R-T-A-F-I-K-D-Q-S-A-L

This peptide may be used for neutralization and control experiments with the polyclonal antibody that reacts with this product and furin convertase, catalog # PA1-062 and PA1.1-062. Using a solution with equal weights per unit volume of peptide and corresponding antibody will yield a solution with a large molar excess of peptide that is able to competitively bind the antibody.

Reconstitute with 0.1 mL of distilled water.

Target Information

Furin is a membrane-associated, calcium-dependent, serine protease that belongs to the subtilisin-like prohormone convertase (PC) family. Members of this family of cellular enzymes cleave most prohormones and neuropeptide precursors. Numerous other cellular proteins, some viral proteins, and bacterial toxins that are transported by the constitutive secretory pathway are also targeted for maturation by PCs. Furin and other PC family members share structural similarities which include a heterogeneous ~10 kDa amino-terminal proregion, a highly conserved ~55 kDa subtilisin-like catalytic domain, and carboxyl-terminal domain that is heterogeneous in length and sequence. These enzymes become catalytically active following proregion cleavage within the appropriate cellular compartment. Furin is the only known PC to possess a transmembrane domain. Cleavage of target proteins occurs at the carboxyl-terminus of the furin consensus sequence, RX(K/R)R. It has been shown that the acidic peptide sequence, C771PSDSEEDEG780, localizes furin to the trans-Golgi-network. Phosphorylation of serine residues within this region modulates intracellular routing of furin protein.

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