Cataloguenumber
CYT-235
Synonyms
GHL,GHV,GH-V,hGH-V,PGH.
Introduction
GHisamemberofthesomatotropin/prolactinfamilyofhormoneswhichplayanimportantroleingrowthcontrol.Thegene,alongwithfourotherrelatedgenes,islocatedatthegrowthhormonelocusonchromosome17wheretheyareinterspersedinthesametranscriptionalorientation;anarrangementwhichisthoughttohaveevolvedbyaseriesofgeneduplications.Thefivegenessharearemarkablyhighdegreeofsequenceidentity.Alternativesplicinggeneratesadditionalisoformsofeachofthefivegrowthhormones,le
ADIngtofurtherdiversityandpotentialforspecialization.Thisparticularfamilymemberisexpressedinthepituitarybutnotinplacentaltissueasisthecasefortheotherfourgenesinthegrowthhormonelocus.Mutationsinordeletionsofthegeneleadtogrowthhormonedeficiencyandshortstature.
Description
PlacentalHGH22kDaRecombinantproducedinE.Coliisasingle,non-glycosylated,polypeptidechaincontaining192aminoacidsandhavingamolecularmassof22367Dalton.PredictedpI=7.80.PlacentalGrowthHormonehasdimishedlactogenic(prolactinreceptormediated)activitycharacteristictopituitaryGHs.GHPlacentalHumanRecombinantispurifiedbyproprietarychromatographictechniques.
Source
EscherichiaColi.
PhysicalAppearance
SterileFilteredWhitelyophilized(freeze-dried)powder.
Formulation
Theproteinwaslyophilizedfromaconcentrated(1mg/ml)solutionwith0.0045mMNaHCO3previouslyadjustedpH8-9.
Solubility
ItisrecommendedtoreconstitutethelyophilizedPlacentalHGHin0.4%NaHCO3orwateradjustedtopH9,notlessthan100µg/ml,whichcanthenbefurtherdilutedtootheraqueoussolutions.
LyophilizedGHplacentalalthoughstableatroomtemperaturefor3weeks,shouldbestoreddesiccatedbelow-18°C.UponreconstitutionandfiltersterilizationHGHplacentalcanbestoredat4°Cforupto4weeks.Forlongtermstorageandmoredilutedsolutionsitisrecommendedtoaddacarrierprotein(0.1%HSAorBSA).Pleasepreventfreeze-thawcycles.
Purity
Greaterthan98.0%asdeterminedby:(a)AnalysisbySEC-HPLC.(b)AnalysisbySDS-PAGE.
Aminoacidsequence
ThesequenceofthefirstfiveN-terminalaminoacidswasdeterminedandwasfoundtobeAla-Phe-Pro-Thr-Ile.
Proteincontent
Proteinquantitationwascarriedoutbytwoindependentmethods1.UVspectroscopyat280nmusingtheabsorbencyvalueof1.18astheextinctioncoefficientfora0.1%(1mg/ml)solution.ThisvalueiscalculatedbythePCGENEcomputeranalysisprogramofproteinsequences(IntelliGenetics).2.AnalysisbyRP-HPLC,usingacalibratedsolutionofGH-22K-placentalasaReferenceStandard.
References
Title:ProteinQuantificationbyIsotopeDilutionMassSpectrometryofProteolyticFragments:CleavageRateandAccuracy.
Publication:
Anal.Chem.,2008,80(11),pp4154–4160DOI:10.1021/ac7024738
PublicationDate(Web):April30,2008
Copyright©2008AmericanChemicalSociety.Link:http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac7024738
SafetyDataSheet
Usage
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