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Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (human) Matched Pair Detection Set

Research Use Only
AG-46B-0008
AdipoGen Life Sciences
ReactivityHuman
Product group Assays
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Overview

  • Supplier
    AdipoGen Life Sciences
  • Product Name
    Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (human) Matched Pair Detection Set
  • Delivery Days Customer
    10
  • Applications
    ELISA
  • Assay Detection Range
    0.0156 to 1 ng/ml
  • Assay Sensitivity
    100 pg/ml
  • Assay Specificity
    Detects human Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein. Does not detect mouse Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein.
  • Certification
    Research Use Only
  • Scientific Description
    Matched Pair Detection Set. Detects human Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein. Does not detect mouse Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein. Colorimetric assay. Sample Type: Cell Culture Supernatant, Plasma, Serum. Range: 0.0156 to 1 ng/ml. Sensitivity: 100 pg/ml. Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (ZAG), first identified in the 1960s, derives its name from its precipitation from human plasma upon the addition of zinc salts. ZAG has since been found in secretory epithelial cells and in a range of body fluids. ZAG is identical to a lipid mobilizing factor isolated from the urine of patients with cancer cachexia and stimulates lipolysis in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Due to its expression in, and secretion from adipocytes, ZAG is considered an adipokine. Recently the clinical significance of ZAG has been clarified. ZAG expression in adipocytes is inversely related to fat mass, thus it is intimately involved in the maintenance of body weight in mice and humans. Epidemiological studies have uncovered an association between ZAG and plasma cholesterol. The non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism rs4215 in ZAG is associated with plasma cholesterol and obesity. Structurally ZAG possesses a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) protein fold. It is distinct from other members of this protein family in that it is soluble, rather than being anchored to plasma membranes, and it associates with prolactin inducible protein rather than beta2-microglobulin. Similar to peptide antigen-presenting class I MHC molecules, ZAG possesses an open apical groove between its alpha1 and alpha2 domain helices. - Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (ZAG), first identified in the 1960s, derives its name from its precipitation from human plasma upon the addition of zinc salts. ZAG has since been found in secretory epithelial cells and in a range of body fluids. ZAG is identical to a lipid mobilizing factor isolated from the urine of patients with cancer cachexia and stimulates lipolysis in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Due to its expression in, and secretion from adipocytes, ZAG is considered an adipokine. Recently the clinical significance of ZAG has been clarified. ZAG expression in adipocytes is inversely related to fat mass, thus it is intimately involved in the maintenance of body weight in mice and humans. Epidemiological studies have uncovered an association between ZAG and plasma cholesterol. The non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism rs4215 in ZAG is associated with plasma cholesterol and obesity. Structurally ZAG possesses a class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) protein fold. It is distinct from other members of this protein family in that it is soluble, rather than being anchored to plasma membranes, and it associates with prolactin inducible protein rather than beta2-microglobulin. Similar to peptide antigen-presenting class I MHC molecules, ZAG possesses an open apical groove between its alpha1 and alpha2 domain helices.
  • Reactivity
    Human
  • Storage Instruction
    -20°C,2°C to 8°C
  • UNSPSC
    41116158