Viral-MIP-2

VMIP-2 is a chemokine analog encoded by human herpes virus, and has been shown to have antagonist activity towards several chemokine receptors. Recombinant vMIP-2 is a 7.9 kDa protein consisting of 70 amino acids including the four highly conserved cysteine residues present in CC chemokines.

Product Specifications

Synonyms

CXCL2; GRO2; GROb; MIP2; MIP2A; SCYB2; MGSA-b; MIP-2a; CINC-2a

NCBI Gene ID

2920

UniProt

Q98157

Accession Number

YP_001129362.1

Accession Number mRNA

NC_009333.1

Chromosomal Location

4q21

Reactivity

Human

Cross Reactivity

Human, Mouse

Sequence

LGASWHRPDK CCLGYQKRPL PQVLLSSWYP TSQLCSKPGV IFLTKRGRQV CADKSKDWVK KLMQQLPVTA

Endotoxin

< 0.1 ng/µg of protein (< 1EU/µg)

Purity

> 98% by SDS-PAGE & HPLC analyses

Bioactivity

Determined by the inhibitory effect on monocyte migration response to human MIP-1 alpha using a concentration range of 1.0µg-10.0µg/ml of viral MIP-2 will inhibit 25ng/ml of human MIP-1 alpha.