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Thermo Scientific Chemicals Aprotinin, from Bovine Lung
Description
A potent protease inhibitor.Aprotinin acts as a reversible serine protease blocking and a binding agent. It is widely employed as an inhibitor of trypsin. It is also used as a proteolytic inhibitor in radioimmunoassays of polypeptide hormones. It is involved in the purification of urokinase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin on immobilized aprotinin. Further, it is used in the quantification of kallikrein activity in mixtures of esterases and proteases.
This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.
General Description
• Aprotinin is a 58-amino acid polypeptide chain found in lung tissue
• Aprotinin can suppress the systemic inflammatory response by reversibly inhibiting various esterases and proteases; it acts as a broad spectrum serine protease inhibitor
Application
• Aprotinin can be used as an enzyme inhibitor in laboratory studies on chymotrypsin, kallikrein, plasmin, and others
• Aprotinin is useful for the laboratory study of post-operative bleeding and wound healing
Specifications
Specifications
| For Use With (Application) | Protease Inhibition |
| Formulation | Lyophilized powder |
| Quantity | 10mg |
| Source | Bovine lung |
| Storage Requirements | 2° to 8°C |
| Regulatory Status | RUO |
| Product Type | Aprotinin, from Bovine Lung |
| Recombinant | Native |
| Form | Lyophilized |
RUO – Research Use Only
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