SPECIES: | Rat |
SOURCE SPECIES: | P. pastoris |
SEQUENCE: | Ala27-Arg190 |
FUSION TAG: | Tag Free |
TESTED APPLICATIONS: | |
APPLICATIONS: | This recombinant protein can be used for biological assays. For research use only. |
PURITY: | Greater than 95% as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE. Endotoxin level less than 0.1 ng/ug (1 IEU/ug) as determined by LAL test. |
PREDICTED MOLECULAR WEIGHT: | 19.2 kD |
PHYSICAL STATE: | Lyophilized |
BUFFER: | Lyophilized from a 0.2 um filtered solution of PBS, pH 7.4. It is not recommended to reconstitute to a concentration less than 100 ug/ml. Dissolve the lyophilized protein in ddH2O. |
STORAGE CONDITIONS: | Lyophilized protein should be stored at -20˚C, though stable at room temperature for 3 weeks. Reconstituted protein solution can be stored at 4-7˚C for 2-7 days. Aliquots of reconstituted samples are stable at -20˚C for 3 months. |
ALTERNATE NAMES: | Vascular endothelial growth factor A, Vascular permeability factor, VEGF/VEGF-A/VPF, VEGF 164 |
ACCESSION NO.: | P16612-2 |
PROTEIN GI NO.: | 530394832 |
OFFICIAL SYMBOL: | Vegfa |
GENE ID: | 83785 |
BACKGROUND: | Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF/VEGF-A ) is originally known as vascular permeability factor (VPF). It belongs to the PDGF family with a cysteine-knot structure comprised of eight conserved cysteine residues, and reckoned as a potent mediator in the process of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis in either fetus or adult. VEGF is particularly expressed in supraoptic , paraventricular nuclei and the choroid plexus of the pituitary, and abundant in the corpus luteum of the ovary and in kidney glomeruli. The rat VEGF protein contains a putative 20 amino acids (aa) signal peptide, and alternative splicing of rat VEGF gene produces isoforms of 120, 144, 164 and 188 aa. Rat VEGF164 respectively displays 97% and 88% aa identity with that regions of mouse and human VEGF. VEGF can bind to the FLT1/VEGFR1 and KDR/VEGFR2 receptors, heparan sulfate and heparin, and play important roles in inducing endothelial cell proliferation, promoting cell migration, inhibiting apoptosis and inducing permeabilization of blood vessels. |
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