Recombinant Active Protein
Cat. No.
600217
Unit
0.02 mg
Description
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a cytokine that binds to TNFRSF1A/TNFR1 and TNFRSF1B/TNFBR. It is mainly secreted by mactrophages and can induce cell death of certain cell lines. It is a potent pyrogen causing fever by direct action or by stimulation of interleukin-1 secretion and is implicated in the induction of cachexia. Recombinant mouse TNF-alpha produced in S. lividans is a single non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 156 amino acids with a MW of 17301.32 Da.