Anti-Carboxypeptidase B2/CPB2 Antibody Picoband®

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Polyclonal

Carboxypeptidase B2

Carboxypeptidase B2 (CPB2), also known as carboxypeptidase U (CPU), plasma carboxypeptidase B (pCPB) or thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI), is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the gene CPB2. CPB2 is synthesized by the liver and circulates in the plasma as a plasminogen-bound zymogen. When it is activated by proteolysis at residue Arg92 by the thrombin/thrombomodulin complex, CPB2 exhibits carboxypeptidase activity. Activated CPB2 reduces fibrinolysis by removing the fibrin C-terminal residues that are important for the binding and activation of plasminogen.

Each vial contains 50% glycerol,  0.9% NaCl,  0.2% Na2HPO4,  0.02% NaN3.

Amino Acid Metabolism, Amino Acids, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease, Metabolic Signaling Pathways, Metabolism, Pathways and Processes, Serum Proteins, Signal Transduction

Cleaves C-terminal arginine or lysine residues from biologically active peptides such as kinins or anaphylatoxins in the circulation thereby regulating their activities. Down- regulates fibrinolysis by removing C-terminal lysine residues from fibrin that has already been partially degraded by plasmin. .

Plasma; synthesized in the liver.