Anti-Bikunin/AMBP Antibody Picoband®

Protein AMBP is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMBP gene. This gene encodes a complex glycoprotein secreted in plasma. The precursor is proteolytically processed into distinct functioning proteins: alpha-1-microglobulin, which belongs to the superfamily of lipocalin transport proteins and may play a role in the regulation of inflammatory processes, and bikunin, which is a urinary trypsin inhibitor belonging to the superfamily of Kunitz-type protease inhibitors and plays an important role in many physiological and pathological processes. Human bikunin is generated through cleavage of a precursor molecule termed AMBP. This AMBP should not be confused with AMBP-1, a 120-140 kDa adrenomedullin-binding protein that is also known as Complement Factor H. The AMBP precursor contains a 19 aa signal sequence, an N-terminal 183 aa A1M protein (aa 20-203), and the C-terminal serine protease inhibitor bikunin (aa 206-352) .

Protein AMBP; Alpha-1-microglobulin; Protein HC; Alpha-1 microglycoprotein; Complex-forming glycoprotein heterogeneous in charge; Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor light chain; ITI-LC; Bikunin; EDC1; HI-30; Uronic-acid-rich protein; Trypstatin; AMBP; HCP; ITIL

Expressed by the liver and secreted in plasma. Alpha-1-microglobulin occurs in many physiological fluids including plasma, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. Inter-alpha- trypsin inhibitor is present in plasma and urine.

1. Entrez Gene: AMBP alpha-1-microglobulin/bikunin precursor. 2. Salier JP, Simon D, Rouet P, Raguenez G, Muscatelli F, Gebhard W, Guenet JL, Mattei MG (Dec 1992) . Homologous chromosomal locations of the four genes for inter-alpha-inhibitor and pre-alpha-inhibitor family in human and mouse: assignment of the ancestral gene for the lipocalin superfamily. Genomics. 14 (1) : 83–8. 3. Vetr H, Gebhard W (Jun 1991) . Structure of the human alpha 1-microglobulin-bikunin gene. Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler. 371 (12) : 1185–96.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.