Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.
Notes
This product is produced by and ships from R&D Systems, Inc., a Bio-Techne brand.
Alternate Names for Human alpha 2-Macroglobulin DuoSet ELISA, 15 Plate
A2M
alpha 2Macroglobulin
alpha 2-Macroglobulin
alpha-2-M
alpha-2-macroglobulin
C3 and PZP-like alpha-2-macroglobulin domain-containing protein 5
CPAMD5
CPAMD5DKFZp779B086
FWP007
S863-7
Background
Alpha 2-Macroglobulin (A2M) is an abundant plasma glycoprotein that has structural similarity to other A2M family members including complement components C3, C4 and C5. A2M is a tetramer (720-kDa) of 4 identical subunits (180-kDa) formed by two disulfide bond-linked dimers. It is a general and irreversible protease inhibitor capable of inhibiting all four classes of proteases by a unique trapping mechanism. A2M also binds many cytokines and growth factors. In the brain, A2M binds soluble beta Amyloid. A2M is recognized as a late onset Alzheimers disease gene.