IgA is the most abundant immunoglobulin in body fluids and the second most abundant immunoglobulin in plasma, found at a concentration of 0.4 to 2.2 mg/ml. It plays a very important role in the first specific defense against natural infection. Secretory IgA differs from serum IgA in that it contains two additional peptides: the secretory component and the J chain.
Important: IEP shows no reaction with antisera to human IgG, IgM, IgD, and IgE.
Prepared from plasma shown to be non reactive for HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HBc, and negative for anti-HIV 1 & 2 by FDA-required tests.
规格
产品名称
免疫球蛋白A (IgA) 来源于人正常血浆
英文别名
Human Immunoglobulin A | IGHA1 | IGHA2 | IgA1 | A2M
规格或纯度
天然, BioReagent, ≥95%(SDS-PAGE), 蛋白浓度: 见COA
生化机理
Constant region of immunoglobulin heavy chains. Immunoglobulins, also known as antibodies, are membrane-bound or secreted glycoproteins produced by B lymphocytes. In the recognition phase of humoral immunity, the membrane-bound immunoglobulins serve as receptors which, upon binding of a specific antigen, trigger the clonal expansion and differentiation of B lymphocytes into immunoglobulins-secreting plasma cells. Secreted immunoglobulins mediate the effector phase of humoral immunity, which results in the elimination of bound antigens. The antigen binding site is formed by the variable domain of one heavy chain, together with that of its associated light chain. Thus, each immunoglobulin has two antigen binding sites with remarkable affinity for a particular antigen. The variable domains are assembled by a process called V-(D)-J rearrangement and can then be subjected to somatic hypermutations which, after exposure to antigen and selection, allow affinity maturation for a particular antigen. Ig alpha is the major immunoglobulin class in body secretions.
Post-translational: IGHA1: 3-Hydroxykynurenine, an oxidized tryptophan metabolite that is common in biological fluids, reacts with alpha-1-microglobulin to form heterogeneous polycyclic chromophores including hydroxanthommatin. The chromophore reacts with accessible cysteines forming non-reducible thioether cross-links with Ig alpha-1 chain C region Cys-352. N- and O-glycosylated. N-glycan at Asn-144: Hex5HexNAc4.