Form
Liquid
Buffer
PBS
Preservative
0.02% Sodium azide
Storage
Store as concentrated solution. Centrifuge briefly prior to opening vial. Store at 4ºC. Protect from light.
Concentration
Batch dependent (Please refer to the vial label for the specific concentration.)
Antigen Species
Mouse
Immunogen
Perforin (monoclonal CB5.4) antibody was raised against a recombinant mouse perforin, amino acids 98-534.
Purification
Purified IgG2a
Conjugation
Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)
Note
For laboratory research use only. Not for any clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic use in humans or animals. Not for animal or human consumption.
Purchasers shall not, and agree not to enable third parties to, analyze, copy, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to determine the structure or sequence of the product.
Synonyms
perforin 1 (pore forming protein) , Pfn , Pfp , Prf-1
Cellular Localization
Secreted,Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
Background
Perforin is one of the major cytolytic proteins of cytolytic granules. One of the main pathways of lymphocyte mediated cytolysis entails the secretion onto target membranes of cytolytic granules contained in cytolytic effector lymphocytes of T-cell or NK-cell type. Perforin is a cytolytic mediator and is stored in and released by cytoplasmic granules. Perforin (PRF) is involved in the killing mediated by cytotoxic lymphocytes which represents an important mechanism in the immune defense against tumors and virus infections. Human PRF is a 555 amino acid protein with a 21 amino acid signal peptide. It has a molecular weight of 70 to 75 kD. PRF is a pore forming protein with a mechanism of transmembrane channel formation similar to C9 and homology between perforin and C9 has been demonstrated at their respective functionally conserved regions. Studies show that perforin is expressed only in killer cell lines and not in helper T lymphocytes or other tumor cells tested.
Database
Research Area