Varicella zoster virus (strain Oka vaccine) Envelope Glycoprotein E (gE), His Tag (MALS verified)

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic virus belonging to the Herpesviridae family. Primary VZV infection causes chickenpox and is followed by a life-long latent infection established mainly in the cranial and dorsal root ganglia. Reactivation of the virus is often associated with shingles (herpes zoster) . Glycoprotein E (gE) is one of the known glycoproteins (gB, gC, gE, gH, gI, gK, gI) of VZV that is most abundantly expressed on the surface of virus and infected cells, playing an important role in viral replication and cell-to-cell spread. The strongly immunogenic gE can provide strong IgG signal in body fluid, which makes it ideal to be developed as an antigen for analysis of IgG antibodies. gE also demonstrates high potency as a vaccine immunogen and is formulated as the single viral envelope protein that constitutes the GSK VZV recombinant subunit vaccine Shingrix®.

This protein carries a polyhistidine tag at the C-terminus. The protein has a calculated MW of 60.2 kDa. The protein migrates as 54-69 kDa when calibrated against Star Ribbon Pre-stained Protein Marker under non-reducing (NR) condition (SDS-PAGE) due to glycosylation.

● -20°C to -70°C for 12 months in lyophilized state; ● -70°C for 3 months under sterile conditions after reconstitution. For long term storage, the product should be stored at lyophilized state at -20°C or lower.

Immobilized Varicella zoster virus (strain Oka vaccine) Envelope Glycoprotein E (gE), His Tag (Cat. No. GLE-V52H3) at 1 μg/mL (100 μL/well) can bind Anti-Glycoprotein E (VZV) Antibody, Human IgG1 (4G2) with a linear range of 0.08-1 ng/mL (QC tested).