β-Galactosidase cleaves terminal galactose residues, which are β -1-->14 linked to a monosaccharide, glycopeptide, or oligosaccharide. The enzyme requires Mg2+ for optimal activity. β-Galactosidase is useful for the structural investigation of carbohydrate, the determination of…

Bromelain is a cysteine endopeptidase with broad specificity for cleavage of proteins. Bromelain may be from a stem or piece of fruit. Glycoprotein which is a highly active thiol proteinase Non-specific cysteine protease Splits glycine esters but not lysine esters Protein digesting…

β-2-microglobulin (β2-M) is a polypeptide that associates with the heavy chain of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens on the cell surface. The interaction is dynamic and plays a critical role in the stability of the MHC antigens and their ability to present peptide…

Collagen Solutions are highly purified (predominantly Type I) solutions especially prepared for Tissue Culture applications. Collagen Solutions may be used to prepare a collagen coating on plastic or glass culture dishes, or to prepare actual collagen gels for culture work. Since collagen plays an…

Yeast Hydrolysate Enzymatic is an autolyzed yeast extract produced from 100% brewers yeast. It is a concentrated source of soluble protein components, carbohydrates, and B Complex vitamins natural to yeast.

Fibrinogen is a blood protein that is involved in clotting and is converted to fibrin by thrombin. Fibrinogen has an approximate molecular weight of 340 kDa. It consists of three non-identical pairs of disulfidebonded chains. The α-chain has an approximate molecular weight of 63.5 kDa, the…

Applications Zymolyase 100T is used to lyse living yeast cell walls to produce protoplast or spheroplast of various strains of yeast cells. It may also be used for glucan hydrolysis. Product Description Zymolyase-100T is an enzyme preparation from a submerged culture of Arthrobacter…

Baker's yeast is of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast, or Baker's yeast, is commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and bakery products, where it converts the sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol. Dried Active has been reported to…

Lyophilized from 0.02M Ammonium Bicarbonate (may contain traces of buffer salt). β-2-Microglobulin is a cancer and renal biomarker. Excellent for controls or calibrators in enzyme assays. Reconstitution: To reconstitute use a phosphate buffer, pH >7.0, containing 0.15 M NaCl.

Crude Phaseolus vulgaris-P lectin (PHA-P) from the Red Kidney Bean. Phytohemagglutinin PHA agglutinates the erythrocytes of all human blood groups as well as those of rabbit, dog, cat, mouse, sheep, and guinea pig. The optimal amount of PHA required for the agglutination of erythrocytes varies with…

Tubulin, Purified from Bovine Brain, 1 mg. Purified bovine brain tubulin protein supplied in liquid form at 10 mg/mL in 80 mM PIPES buffer containing 1 mM EGTA, 1 mM GTP, pH 6.8 and 10% glycerol. It is a heterodimer composed of a- and ß- tubulin of 55 kDa (molecular weight ?110 kDa). Polymerization…

Yeast Extract Powder is a vacuum-dried extract concentrate of Baker's yeast containing the B-complex factors of approximately three times the weight of ordinary dry yeast. This product is a vacuum dried autolyzed yeast extract produced from 100% Baker's yeast. It is a concentrated source of…

Pancreatin is a digestive enzyme produced by the pancreas and delivered to the small intestine for the hydrolysis of complex nutrients. Pancreatin contains enzymatic components including trypsin, amylase and lipase, ribonuclease, and protease, produced by the exocrine cells of the porcine pancreas.…

Bovine Transferrin is chromatographically purified from New Zealand-sourced bovine plasma in an ISO quality system assuring complete traceability and consistent high quality. Transferrin (HOLO) is an iron-rich product supplied as a heat-treated, lyophilized powder.

Gum Arabic can be branched polymer of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and glucuronic acid as the calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts. It is used in textiles, ceramics, lithography, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. In the food industry, acacia is mainly used as confectionery, bakery, dairy,…

The product is in 10mM phosphate, 0.15M NaCl buffer, pH 7.4, 1% ovalbumin, 40% glycerol containing 0.1% proclin as preservative. Protein A is a component of the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus (Cowan 1 Strain), and binds to the Fc portion of immunoglobulin molecules of most mammalian species.…

Casein hydrolysate is a hydrochloric acid digest of casein in which the protein molecule has been substantially reduced to its constituent amino acids. The protein hydrolysate has been specially processed to remove essentially all sodium chloride. Laboratory media including basal media for…

Suitable for cell adhesion in tissue culture, as well as gel formation, platelet aggregation, and as a substrate for collagenase. Collagen is a group of naturally occurring proteins found in animals, especially in the flesh and connective tissues of vertebrates. It is the main component of…

Casein is the name for a family of related phosphoproteins (αS1, αS2, β, κ). These proteins are commonly found in mammalian milk, making up 80% of the proteins in cow milk and between 20% and 45% of the proteins in human milk. Casein has a wide variety of uses, from being a…

Product reacts in an agglutination assay with anti-sheep red blood cells. The hematocrit is within the acceptable range. Red blood cells collected into Alsever's solution (Dextrose, sodium chloride, sodium citrate), washed with phosphate buffered saline and preserved with borate buffer,…

Beef extract is a water soluble powder that is used in general purpose media. It is recommended for use in bacteriological examination of water, milk, and other materials, where uniform composition of media is important and for biochemical studies, particularly fermentation reactions because of its…

Lecithin is a purified, wax-like phosphatidylcholine of soybean origin. In addition to being the major structural component of cellular membranes, phosphatidylcholine serves as a reservoir for several lipid messengers, it is the source of the bioactive lipids lysophosphatidylcholine, phosphatidic…

Tubulin, porcine, 99% pure, 1 mg. Tubulin is composed of a heterodimer of two closely related 55 kDa proteins called alpha and beta tubulin.

Protamine sulfate is a purified mixture of simple protein principles obtained from the sperm or testes of suitable species of fish, which has the property of neutralizing heparin. Because of having much basic amino acids (mostly arginine) protamine contains far greater nitrogen than other proteins.…

Chitosan is a cationic marine polymer derived form the shells of crustaceans (e.g., crabs). MP's chitosan is a partially de-acetylated chitin formed by the reaction of chitin with concentrated alkali. Chitin is a high molecular weight linear polymer of anhydro-N-acetyl-glucosamine. Chitin…

Anti-globulin reagent (Coombs' serum) is prepared by immunizing rabbits with canine IgG, IgM and C3 purified from normal serum. The resulting whole antiserum is heat treated to inactivate complement and is adsorbed with normal pooled canine erythrocytes to remove nonspecific agglutinins. Canine…

The total protein is determined using the Biuret procedure, with bovine albumin as the standard. Each vial is overfilled by approximately 10 percent so that a minimum of 20 mg of rat IgG is obtained upon reconstitution. Rat IgG is purified from pooled rat serum using multi-step procedures…

This product is useful for structural and biological studies, as a reference standard, or as starting material for immunogen preparation. It is prepared using salt fractionation and/or chromatographic techniques. Purity: >98%

Protein A is a highly stable surface receptor which is capable of binding the Fc portion of immunoglobulins, especially IgGs, from a large number of species. Each protein A molecule can bind 2 molecules of IgG, allowing the formation of a precipitate. Protein A may be coupled to a wide variety…

Aprotinin is a protein consisting of 58 amino acids, arranged in a single polypeptide chain that is crosslinked by three disulfide bridges. Aprotinin is found in bovine lymph nodes, lung, parotid gland, spleen, liver, pancreas, seminal vesicles, thyroid gland, kidney, mucous membranes of the…

Peptone a water-soluble product, is a mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein. Peptone is produced from porcine and/or bovine tissues. The tissues are digested enzymatically to create small peptides and then spray dried. Peptone is used in culture…

Hemoglobin is the major component of red blood cells, and is responsible for their red color. Native hemoglobin from bovine erythrocytes. A major oxygen-transporting component of red blood cells Its normal concentration in erythrocytes is 34%. Hemoglobin is the most important respiratory protein of…