Human AKR1C3 protein (active)

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Human AKR1C3 protein (active)

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Specific activity is > 1000 pmol/min/microg, and is defined as the amount of enzyme that catalyze the oxidation of 1.0 pmole 1-Acenaphthenol in the presence of NADP per minute at pH 8.8 at 25C.

Research Use Only

1 mg/ml

Unconjugated

Liquid

This gene encodes a member of the aldo/keto reductase superfamily, which consists of more than 40 known enzymes and proteins. These enzymes catalyze the conversion of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols by utilizing NADH and/or NADPH as cofactors. The enzymes display overlapping but distinct substrate specificity. This enzyme catalyzes the reduction of prostaglandin (PG) D2, PGH2 and phenanthrenequinone (PQ), and the oxidation of 9alpha,11beta-PGF2 to PGD2. It may play an important role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases such as asthma, and may also have a role in controlling cell growth and/or differentiation. This gene shares high sequence identity with three other gene members and is clustered with those three genes at chromosome 10p15-p14. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]

-20°C or -80°C,2°C to 8°C

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