Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Protein

BDNF Protein is a recombinant protein produced in E. coli using Prokaryotic expression.

This protein is the immunogen for the following antibodies: abx132006

Recombinant

> 95%

Calculated MW: 27.4 kDa
Observed MW (SDS-PAGE): 32 kDa

Possible reasons why the actual band size differs from the predicted band size:
1. Splice variants. Alternative splicing may create different sized proteins from the same gene.
2. Relative charge. The composition of amino acids may affect the charge of the protein.
3. Post-translational modification. Phosphorylation, glycoslyation, methylation etc. may affect the band size.
4. Post-translational cleavage. Many proteins are synthesised as pro-proteins, and then cleaved to give the active form.
5. Polymerisation of the target protein. Dimerisation, multimerisation etc. will increase the band size observed.

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