Tissue Specificity | Highest constitutive expression in ovary. Low level in testis, uterus and non-acute phase liver. Protein found in plasma. |
Post Translational Modifications | |
Function | Is able to inhibit all four classes of proteinases by a unique 'trapping' mechanism. This protein has a peptide stretch, called the 'bait region' which contains specific cleavage sites for different proteinases. When a proteinase cleaves the bait region, a conformational change is induced in the protein which traps the proteinase. The entrapped enzyme remains active against low molecular weight substrates (activity against high molecular weight substrates is greatly reduced). Following cleavage in the bait region a thioester bond is hydrolyzed and mediates the covalent binding of the protein to the proteinase. |
Protein Name | Alpha-2-MacroglobulinAlpha-2-M |
Database Links | Reactome: R-RNO-114608Reactome: -RNO-140837Reactome: -RNO-1474228Reactome: -RNO-8963896 |
Cellular Localisation | Secreted |
Alternative ELISA Names | Alpha-2-Macroglobulin ELISA kitAlpha-2-M ELISA kitA2m ELISA kitA2m1 ELISA kit |
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Information sourced from Uniprot.org