Form
Liquid
Buffer
20mM Potassium Phosphate, 150mM NaCl
Preservative
0.01% Sodium azide
Storage
Store as concentrated solution. Centrifuge briefly prior to opening vial. For short-term storage (1-2 weeks), store at 4ºC. For long-term storage, aliquot and store at -20ºC or below. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.
Concentration
5 mg/ml (Please refer to the vial label for the specific concentration.)
Antigen Species
Human
Immunogen
Recombinant human ISG15 protein.
Purification
IgG fraction
This product is an IgG fraction antibody purified from monospecific antiserum by a multi-step process which includes delipidation, salt fractionation and ion exchange chromatography followed by extensive dialysis against the buffer stated above.
Conjugation
Unconjugated
Note
For laboratory research use only. Not for any clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic use in humans or animals. Not for animal or human consumption.
Purchasers shall not, and agree not to enable third parties to, analyze, copy, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to determine the structure or sequence of the product.
Synonyms
ISG15 ubiquitin like modifier , G1P2 , IFI15 , IMD38 , IP17 , UCRP , hUCRP
Cellular Localization
Cytoplasm,Secreted
Background
ISG15 a 15kDa homologue shows no amino acid sequence homology to cytokines and is synthesized as a precursor that is activated through processing by a thiol protease. ISG15 is secreted by monocytes and lymphocytes. Synthesis is induced in response to IFN alpha or IFN beta, but not IFN gamma. ISG15 expression is induced also by overexpression of some interferon regulatory factors that have been shown to play a role in the transcriptional regulation of IFN genes. ISG15 is secreted also by cell lines of monocyte (U937 cell line), T-lymphocyte, B-lymphocyte (DAUDI cells), human fibroblasts, and epithelial origins. The induction of terminal differentiation in human melanoma cells is associated, among other things, with alterations in the expression of ISG15. Intracellularly ISG15 has been shown to function as a ubiquitin homologue. It is known also as UCRP (ubiquitin cross-reactive protein). Serpin 2a (spi2a), a member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein family that is highly induced in macrophages during bacillus Calmette-Guerin infection has been shown to bind ISG15. ISG15 has been shown to modulate immune cell function. It possesses activities of cytokines and induces production of IFN gamma. It enhances proliferation and functions of natural killer and LAK cells.
Database
Research Area