Thermo Scientific Chemicals Aprotinin, from Bovine Lung

Description

• A potent protease inhibitor.Aprotinin acts as a reversible serine protease blocking and a binding agent
• It is widely employed as an inhibitor of trypsin
• It is also used as a proteolytic inhibitor in radioimmunoassays of polypeptide hormones
• It is involved in the purification of urokinase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin on immobilized aprotinin
• Further, it is used in the quantification of kallikrein activity in mixtures of esterases and proteases
• This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio
• Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand
• The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals
• General Description • Aprotinin is a 58-amino acid polypeptide chain found in lung tissue • Aprotinin can suppress the systemic inflammatory response by reversibly inhibiting various esterases and proteases; it acts as a broad spectrum serine protease inhibitor Application • Aprotinin can be used as an enzyme inhibitor in laboratory studies on chymotrypsin, kallikrein, plasmin, and others • Aprotinin is useful for the laboratory study of post-operative bleeding and wound healing