PAF-AH

Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) is a biologically active phospholipid, which exerts primarily proinflammatory activities by specifically signaling through G-protein-coupled receptors on platelets, neutrophils, and monocytes. Platelet Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is a secreted protein that mediates PAF activity by specifically catalyzing hydrolysis of the “sn2” ester bond, resulting in the conversion of PAF to the biologically inactive lyso-PAF. PAF-AH can also interact with LDL particles to induce the hydrolysis of LDL associated, oxidized phospholipids, generating lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) and other lysophospholipids. Recombinant PAF-AH is a 420 amino acid glycoprotein which migrates with an apparent molecular mass of 47-55 kDa by SDS-PAGE analysis.

Product Specifications

Synonyms

PAF-acetylhydrolase, PAF 2-acylhydrolase, LDL-PLA82), 2-acetyl-1-alkylglycerophosphacholine esterase

NCBI Gene ID

5049

UniProt

P68402

Accession Number

NP_002563.1

Accession Number mRNA

NM_002572.3

Chromosomal Location

11q23

Reactivity

Human

Cross Reactivity

Human

Sequence

FDWQYINPVA HMKSSAWVNK IQVLMAAASF GQTKIPRGNG PYSVGCTDLM FDHTNKGTFL RLYYPSQDND RLDTLWIPNK EYFWGLSKFL GTHWLMGNIL RLLFGSMTTP ANWNSPLRPG EKYPLVVFSH GLGAFRTLYS AIGIDLASHG FIVAAVEHRD RSASATYYFK DQSAAEIGDK SWLYLRTLKQ EEETHIRNEQ VRQRAKECSQ ALSLILDIDH GKPVKNALDL KFDMEQLKDS IDREKIAVIG HSFGGATVIQ TLSEDQRFRC GIALDAWMFP LGDEVYSRIP QPLFFINSEY FQYPANIIKM KKCYSPDKER KMITIRGSVH QNFADFTFAT GKIIGHMLKL KGDIDSNVAI DLSNKASLAF LQKHLGLHKD FDQWDCLIEG DDENLIPGTN INTTNQHIML QNSSGIEKYN

Endotoxin

< 0.1 ng/µg of protein (< 1EU/µg)

Purity

> 95% by SDS-PAGE & HPLC analyses

Bioactivity

Measured by its ability to cleave a PAF analog in a chromogenic substrate linked assay. At a PAF-AH concentration of 10.0 μg/ml, 50% cleavage was achieved at an incubation time of approximately 2 minutes.