Description
Bovine Thrombin Polyclonal Antibody – HRP Conjugated
Affinity’s Bovine Thrombin Polyclonal Antibody – HRP Conjugated is the base level of our horseradish peroxidase conjugated bovine thrombin antibodies. The purity of IgG is typically 90% and is provided in a solution of HEPES buffered saline containing 50% glycerol (v/v). The titre is essentially the same as the starting antiserum and each vial typically contains the amount of IgG recovered from one milliliter of antiserum however this IgG has been conjugated with Horseradish Peroxidase as an enzyme reporter. This Bovine Thrombin Polyclonal Antibody – HRP Conjugated is generally intended for use as labeled primary antibodies in applications such as immunoassay and immunoblotting.
Product Code: SABT-HRP
Retail Product Size: 0.2mg vial
Host Animal: Sheep Anti-Human Thrombin Polyclonal Antibody – HRP Conjugated
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Product Datasheet: Bovine Thrombin Polyclonal Antibody - hrp conjugated anti-bovine sheep IgG
Description of Thrombin
Thrombin (EC3.4.21.5, α-thrombin) is the product of proteolytic activation of the zymogen prothrombin.Human thrombin is a two-chain serine protease with a mass of 37 kDa.The active site is located within the heavy chain.Thrombin has a high specificity for certain arginine bonds in protein substrates.The primary substrate is fibrinogen which thrombin converts to fibrin through the cleavage of four arginyl-glycyl peptide bonds.Thrombin is also an important activator of platelets, factor XIII, Protein C and TAFI (Plasma procarboxypeptidase B).In a positive feedback mechanism, thrombin increases the rate of its own production by activation of factors VIII and V.The rate of thrombin production is subsequently limited indirectly through the activation of Protein C by thrombin, which then inactivates the activated cofactors VIII and V.The binding of thrombin to thrombomodulin on the cell surface dramatically alters thrombin’s specificity, increasing it’s activity toward Protein C and TAFI, and decreasing it’s activity toward fibrinogen and activating cofactors VIII and V.In plasma, thrombin activity is inhibited primarily by antithrombin and to a lesser extent heparin cofactor II.The rate of inhibition by both of these inhibitors is profoundly increased in the presence of optimal concentrations of heparin.Other physiological inhibitors of thrombin in the absence of heparin include α2-macroglobulin and α1-antitrypsin1-4.
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