Recombinant Human IFN-alpha-4A Protein, CF Summary
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Cys24-Asp189
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Carrier Free
CF stands for Carrier Free (CF). We typically add Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a carrier protein to our recombinant proteins. Adding a carrier protein enhances protein stability, increases shelf-life, and allows the recombinant protein to be stored at a more dilute concentration. The carrier free version does not contain BSA.
In general, we advise purchasing the recombinant protein with BSA for use in cell or tissue culture, or as an ELISA standard. In contrast, the carrier free protein is recommended for applications, in which the presence of BSA could interfere.
10998-IF
| Formulation | Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS. |
| Reconstitution | Reconstitute at 100 μg/mL in PBS. |
| Shipping | The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. |
| Stability & Storage: | Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
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Scientific Data
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Recombinant Human IFN-alpha-4A Protein (Catalog # 10998-IF) demonstrates anti-viral activity in HeLa human cervical epithelial carcinoma cells infected with encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus. The ED50 for this effect is 1.00‑20.0 pg/mL
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2 μg/lane of Recombinant Human IFN-alpha-4A Protein (Catalog # 10998-IF) was resolved with SDS-PAGE under reducing (R) and non-reducing (NR) conditions and visualized by Coomassie® Blue staining, showing bands at 17-23 kDa, under reducing conditions.
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Background: IFN-alpha 4
Interferons (IFN) are a family of cytokines with potent antiviral, antiproliferative and immunomodulatory properties, classified based on their binding specificity to cell surface receptors (1). Human IFNA2 was originally cloned in the early ‘80s and now more than a dozen closely related IFN alpha subtypes have been identified in both the human and mouse genome, each sharing about 80% amino acid (aa) sequence homology (2-4). Structurally, type I IFNs belong to the class of five helical‑bundle cytokines, with the IFNA subtypes containing 2 conserved disulfide bonds (5). The mature human IFNA4 shares 57% aa sequence identity with mouse IFNA4. Two variants of human IFNA4 are known to exist, IFNA4a and IFNA4b, which only differ by residues at aa position 74 and 137 (6). The type I IFNs bind to the interferon alpha receptor (IFNAR), which consists of two subunits: IFNAR1 (alpha -subunit) and IFNAR2 (beta -subunit) (7, 8). Individual IFNA subtypes are known to display unique efficacies to viral protection, and IFNA4 has been shown to be an intermediate inducer of IFN-stimulated genes and anti-viral protection (9). Mutations in IFNA4 can cause impaired function and lead to Crohn's disease susceptibility (10). IFNA4 also exhibits strong antiviral effects against SARS-CoV-2 (11).
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- Schreiber, G. and J. Piehler (2015) Trends Immunol. 36:139.
- Wittling, M.C. et al. (2021) Front Immunol. 11:605673.
- Hussain, M. et al. (1997) J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 17:559.
- van Pesch, V. et al. (2004) J. Virol. 78:8219.
- James, C.M. et al. (2007) Vaccine. 25(10):1856.
- Moll, H.P. et al. (2011) Cytokine. 53:52.
- Xiao, C.X. et al. (2015) Sci Rep 5:10514.
- Schuhenn, J. et al. (2022) PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111600119.
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