| Species : |
Mouse |
| Source : |
Plasma |
| Tag : |
Non |
| Description : |
Plasminogen is a single chain glycoprotein zymogen which is synthesized in the liver and circulates in plasma at a concentration of approximately 2.4 μM. The plasminogen molecule contains 790 amino acids, 24 disulfide bridges, no free sulfhydryls and 5 regions of internal sequence homology, known as kringles, between Lys77 and Arg560. These five triple-looped, three disulfide bridged, kringle regions are homologous to the kringle domains in t-PA, u-PA and prothrombin. Plasminogen contains one high affinity (Kd=9x10-6M) and four low affinity (Kd=5x10-3M) lysine binding sites. The high affinity binding site resides within the first kringle region of plasminogen. The interaction of plasminogen with fibrin and α2-antiplasmin is mediated by these lysine binding sites. Native glu-plasminogen (Mr=88,000) is readily converted to Lys-77-plasminogen (Mr=83,000) by plasmin hydrolysis of the Lys76-Lys77 peptide bond. Elastase catalyzed cleavage of the Val441-Val442 peptide bond of glu-plasminogen yields a functionally active zymogen termed Val-442 plasminogen or mini-plasminogen. |
| Form : |
50% (vol/vol) glycerol/H2O |
| Bio-activity : |
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| Molecular Mass : |
88000 |
| Purity : |
>95% by SDS-PAGE. NOT tissue/cell culture grade. Not tested for endotoxin. |
| Characteristic : |
Extinction coefficient:17.0, Isoelectric point:6.2, Structure: single chain, 24 intra chain disulfide bridges, 5 kringle regions. |
| Storage : |
-20°C |