Recombinant Human IL2 protein

• Cat.No.: IL2-311H
• Product Overview: Recombinant Human IL2 protein (Ala21-Thr153) carries no tag and was expressed in E.coli.

Specification

• Species: Human
• Source: E.coli
• Protein Length: 133
• Description: Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an interleukin, a type of cytokine immune system signaling molecule, which is a leukocytotrophic hormone that is instrumental in the body's natural response to microbial infection and in discriminating between foreign (non-self) and self. IL-2 mediates its effects by binding to IL-2 receptors, which are expressed by lymphocytes, the cells that are responsible for immunity. Mature human IL-2 shares 56% and 66% aa sequence identity with mouse and rat IL-2, respectively. Human and mouse IL-2 exhibit crossspecies activity. The receptor for IL-2 consists of three subunits that are present on the cell surface in varying preformed complexes. IL-2 is also necessary during T cell development in the thymus for the maturation of a unique subset of T cells that are termed regulatory T cells (T-regs). After exiting from the thymus, T-Regs function to prevent other T cells from recognizing and reacting against "self antigens", which could result in "autoimmunity". T-Regs do so by preventing the responding cells from producing IL-2. Thus, IL-2 is required to discriminate between self and non-self, another one of the unique characteristics of the immune system.
• Form: Lyophilized from 0.22 um filtered solution in PBS, pH5.0, 10% trehalose.
• Molecular Mass: The protein has a calculated MW of 15.4 kDa. The protein migrates as 15 kDa under reducing (R) condition (SDS-PAGE).
• Endotoxin: Less than 1.0 EU per ug by the LAL method.
• Purity: >95% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
• Storage: For long term storage, the product should be stored at lyophilized state at -20 centigrade or lower.
  Please avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
  This product is stable after storage at:
  -20 centigrade to -70 centigrade for 12 months in lyophilized state;
  -70 centigrade for 3 months under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
• Reconstitution: It is recommended that sterile water be added to the vial to prepare a stock solution of 0.2 ug/ul. Centrifuge the vial at 4℃ before opening to recover the entire contents.

Gene Information

• Gene Name: IL2
• Official Symbol: IL2
• Synonyms: IL2; interleukin 2; interleukin-2; IL 2; T cell growth factor; TCGF; aldesleukin; involved in regulation of T-cell clonal expansion; IL-2; lymphokine
• Gene ID: 3558
• mRNA Refseq: NM_000586
• Protein Refseq: NP_000577
• MIM: 147680
• UniProt ID: P60568