Active Native Wheat Germ Agglutinin Protein, Peroxidase conjugated

• Cat.No.: Lectin-1737W
• Product Overview: This product is the Wheat germ Agglutinin and has sugar specificity against N-Acetylglucosamine. The peroxidase-wheat germ agglutinin is specially prepared for neuronal transport studies.

Specification

• Description: Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) contains a group of closely related isolectins, with an isoelectric point about pH 9. The receptor sugar for WGA is N-acetylglucosamine, with preferential binding to dimers and trimers of this sugar. WGA can bind oligosaccharides containing terminal N-acetylglucosamine or chitobiose, structures which are common to many serum and membrane glycoproteins. Bacterial cell wall peptidoglycans, chitin, cartilage glycosaminoglycans, and glycolipids can also bind WGA. Native WGA has also been reported to interact with some glycoproteins via sialic acid residues (see succinylated WGA). This lectin is used for the purification of insulin receptors and for neuronal tracing.
• Source: Wheat germ
• Species: Wheat germ
• Form: Buffered salt, 0.02% Thimerosal
• Bio-activity: Inhibiting/Eluting Sugar: Chitin Hydrolysate or 500 mM N-acetylglucosamine with salt and/or acid elution generally required.
• Molecular Mass: 36 kDa
• Applications: Immunohistochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; Neurobiology; Blotting Applications; ELISAs; Glycobiology
• Storage: Refrigerate in the dark.
• Concentration: 40 mg/ml
• Synonyms: Lectin; WGA

Gene Information

• Synonyms: Lectin; WGA