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…

Bleomycin Sulfate is an atineoplastic antibiotic. A mixture of cytotonic glycopeptide antibiotics which reacts with DNA and causes strand scission; they have also been shown to have a type of oxygen transferase activity. Bleomycin A2 is the main component of the bleomycin employed clinically.…

Ac-DEVD-AFC is a sensitive fluorescent substrate for the assay of caspase-3 activity. The trifluoromethyl substituent of the fluorophore improves the membrane permeability of the substrate.

Poly-lysine is a polycation which binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. Molecular weight has been determined by Viscosity as well as by HPLC. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction…

Heparin is a polymer classified as a mucopolysaccharide or a glycosoaminoglycan. It is biosynthesized and stored in mast cells of various mammalian tissues, particularly liver, lung and mucosa. It is made up of repeated disaccharide units consisting of 1,4-linked L-iduronic acid and D-glucosamine.…

A chromogenic substrate for Plasmogen Activator Serine Protease

Poly-lysine is a polycation which binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. When adsorbed to the culture surface, poly-lysine increases the number of positively charged sites available for cell binding. A compromise between the easier to use lower molecular weight products…

Aprotinin is a single chain polypeptide (58 amino-acids) crosslinked by three disulfide bridges, showing competitive and reversible inhibiton of proteolytic and esterolytic activity. Aprotinin forms stable complexes with, and blocks the active sites of serine protease enzymes. It is found in bovine…

α-Amylase isolated from porcine pancreas is a glycoprotein. It is a single polypeptide chain of ~475 residues containing two SH groups and four disulfide bridges and a tightly bound Ca2+ necessary for stability. Chloride ions are necessary for activity and stability. α-Amylase is…

AEBSF hydrochloride is a covalent binding serine protease inhibitor, belongs to the family of irreversible sulfonyl fluoride inhibitors that block trypsin and chymotrypsin-type enzymes. Similar in structure to the commonly used inhibitor PMSF, AEBSF offers better solubility in water, lower…

Ribonuclease belongs to pancreatic ribonuclease family. RNase A is an endoribonuclease that attacks at the 3¢ phosphate of a pyrimidine nucleotide. The sequence of pG-pG-pC-pA-pG will be cleaved to give pG-pG-pCp and A-pG. Ribonuclease A is used to remove RNA from DNA plasmid preparations…

Acetyl-CoA is produced via beta-oxidation of fatty acids, via the metabolism of carbohydrates - glucose 6-phosphate to pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and via the catabolism of amino acids. Acetyl-CoA has a number of metabolic opportunities. It is metabolized in the tricarboxylic acid cycle to produce…

Poly-L-lysine is a positively charged amino acid polymer. Poly-lysine binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction between negatively charged ions of the cell…

Product Description Potent, selective and orally available NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor. Blocks the release of IL-1beta in macrophages primed with LPS and activated with ATP or nigericin, but it does not inhibit NLRP1, NLRC4, AIM2, TLR2 signaling or priming of NLRP3. Prevents…

Applications Methyl(5-(2-thienylcarbonyl)-1H-benzimidazole-2-yl)carbamate is an anticancer drug that has been shown to interfere with the structure and function of microtubules in interphase and mitotic cells. Malignant cells may be more susceptible to the antimicrotubular effect of nocodazole…

Phosphatidylserine is a phospholipid component, usually present on the cytosolic side of cell membranes by an enzyme called flippase. When a cell undergoes apoptosis, phosphatidylserine is no longer restricted to the cytosolic part of the membrane, but becomes exposed on the surface of the cell. …

Coenzyme A is an essential cofactor in enzymatic acetyl transfer reactions. Facilitates removal of lipid peroxides by increasing mobilization of fatty acids Promote repair of plasma membranes by activating phospholipid synthesis The principal biologically active forms of pantothenic…

Propidium iodide reagent is used for the fluorescent staining of nucleic acids. Propidium iodide (PI) binds to DNA by intercalating between the bases with little or no sequence preference and with a stoichiometry of one dye per 4-5 base pairs of DNA. PI also binds to RNA, necessitating treatment…

Citrinin is a fungal metabolite found in moldy rice. Citrinin was used to evaluate toxicity of the mycotoxin citrinin using yeast ORF DNA microarray and Oligo DNA microarray.

Tunicamycin is a mixture of Tunicamycins A, B, C and D. It is a nucleoside antibiotic active in vitro against Gram-positive bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and viruses. Tunicamycin has been used to study the effect of N-linked glycosylation of human proton-coupled folate transporter (HsPCFT) in HeLa…

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…

Nile Red is an uncharged, hydrophobic, photostable molecule that strongly fluoresces bright red in hydrophobic environments. It is a fluorescent stain for intracellular lipid droplets. Nile red can be used for the rapid determination of lipids by thin-layer chromatography or for staining whole…

Elastase is an enzyme from the class of proteases (peptidases) that break down proteins. It hydrolyzes peptide bonds, especially those adjacent to neutral amino acids. Hydrolyses elastin Digests hemoglobin, casein, and fibrin One unit will solublize 1 mg of elastin in 20 minutes at…

Protease from Staphylococcus aureus strain V8 is composed of a single polypeptide chain. The Staphylococcus strain V8 protease specifically cleaves peptide bonds on the carboxyl (COOH) terminal side of aspartic and glutamic acid residues. Protease V8 is used for selective cleavage of proteins…

Mitomycin C is the most widely used of the Mitomycin antibiotics because it is the least toxic and with the most potent antitumor activity. Inhibitor of DNA synthesis, nuclear division, and cancer cells. Antibacterial to gram positive, gram negative, acid-fast bacilli. Mitomycin C…

Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a polypeptide hormone produced by the human placenta, is composed of an alpha and a beta sub-unit. The alpha sub-unit is essentially identical to the alpha sub-units of the human pituitary gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone…

Bestatin is a dipeptide antitumor antibiotic. It shows no inhibition against aminopeptidase A, trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, papain, pepsin or themolysin. Activates macrophages and T lymphocytes and also has antitumor properties. It binds to cell surfaces and is an inhibitor for aminopeptidase B…

Poly-lysine is a polycation which binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction between negatively charged ions of the cell membrane and the culture surface. When…

Guanosine-5'-triphosphate, a purine nucleotide, is required as a coenzyme for protein biosynthesis in a cell-free system. Guanosine 5′-triphosphate (GTP), a purine trinucleotide, is a substrate for RNA polymerases and a wide range of GTPase including G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)…

Puromycin is an antibiotic of unique structure and biological activity. It is produced by fermentation using Streptomyces albo-niger. There are four aspects of puromycin's biological activity that are 1) antitumor effect; 2) nephrotoxic action; 3) inhibition of purine and/or protein synthesis…

Horseradish peroxidase is used for production of peroxidase conjugated antisera. It is a widely used label for immunoglobulins in many different immunochemistry applications including ELISA, immunoblotting, and immunohistochemistry. HRP can be conjugated to antibodies by several different methods…

A metabolite with a broad antibiotic spectrum. Inhibitor of mitochonclrial action. K+-selective ionophoric cyclodepsipeptide; potassium ionophore which uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, induces apoptosis in murine thymocytes, inhibits NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and antagonizes…