Is able to inhibit all four classes of proteinases by a unique 'trapping' mechanism. This protein has a peptide stretch, called the 'bait region' which contains specific cleavage sites for different proteinases. When a proteinase cleaves the bait region, a conformational change is induced in the protein which traps the proteinase. The entrapped enzyme remains active against low molecular weight substrates (activity against high molecular weight substrates is greatly reduced). Following cleavage in the bait region a thioester bond is hydrolyzed and mediates the covalent binding of the protein to the proteinase.
Specificity
Natural and recombinant Mouse Alpha-2-macroglobulin
[15/1/25 17:38] Upload to ab completed in less than a minute: 1 file transferred (13.4 Kb/s) Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA];PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 25-44 AND 1240-1259
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[15/1/25 17:38] Upload to ab completed in less than a minute: 1 file transferred (13.4 Kb/s) Cited for: GLYCOSYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT ASN-157; ASN-568; ASN-881; ASN-1003; ASN-1385 AND ASN-1443