Recombinant Human Kallikrein-1 (rHuKLK-1)

Kallikreins are members of a highly conserved serine proteases that are involved in the post-translational modification of many polypeptides, and plays a role in diverse physiological processes. Fifteen kallikreins who seen coding genes are located in a cluster on chromosome 19 have been reported, and growing evidence suggests that many kallikreins are implicated in carcinogens is and some have potential as novel cancer and other disease biomakers. Human kallikrein1 (KLK1), also known as tissue kallikrein, is functionally conserved in its capacity to cleave the low molecular weight kininogen to release the vasoactive peptide, Lys-bradykinin which plays a role in regulating vasodilation, blood pressure reduction, smooth muscle relaxation and contraction, pain induction and inflammation.