Human IFNA4 (His Tag) recombinant protein

Human IFNA4 (His Tag) recombinant protein

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Interferon, alpha 4 (IFNA4) belongs to the alpha/beta interferon family. Two variants of IFNA4 (IFNA4a and IFNA4b) are known, which differ from each other by changes in their coding regions at nucleotide positions 220 and 410 and can be distinguished by selective restriction enzyme analysis. Interferons are produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase. IFN-alpha, the first cytokine to be produced by recombinant DNA technology, has emerged as an important regulator of growth and differentiation, affecting cellular communication and signal transduction pathways as well as immunological control. Originally discovered as an antiviral substance, the efficacy of IFN-alpha in malignant, viral, immunological, angiogenic, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases suggests a spectrum of interrelated pathophysiologies. IFN-alpha emerged as a prototypic tumor suppressor protein that represses the clinical tumorigenic phenotype in some malignancies capable of differentiation.

Interferon alpha-4

IFNA4; MGC142200; RP23-139P14.30; MGC143607; IFA4; MUIFN-ALPHA 4

P05014

IFNA4

Baculovirus-Insect Cells

A DNA sequence encoding the human IFN? 4a (NP_066546.1)) (Met 1-Asp 189) was fused with a polyhistidine tag at the C-terminus.

Human

The recombinant human IFN?4a consists of 176 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 20.7 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 20 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.

> 88 % as determined by SDS-PAGE

Measured in antiviral assays using WISH human amnion cells infected with vesicular stomatitis virus(VSV).
The ED₅₀ for this effect is typically 2-8 pg/mL.