| 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 : | < 10="" ppm="" plasmin="" activity="" for=""> | 
                                
                                    | 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 |