Folate-dependent enzyme, that displays both transferase and deaminase activity. Serves to channel one-carbon units from formiminoglutamate to the folate pool. Binds and promotes bundling of vimentin filaments originating from the Golgi. Full length recombinant protein corresponding to aa1-541 from human Formimidoyltransferase-cyclodeaminase, fused to 10X His-Tag at N-terminal, expressed in E. coli. Swiss/Uniprot: O95954 Molecular Weight: ~65kD Amino Acid Sequence: MSQLVECVPNFSEGKNQEVIDAISGAITQTPGCVLLDVDAGPSTNRTVYTFVGPPECVVEGALNAARVASRLIDMSRHQGEHPRMGALDVCPFIPVRGVSVDECVLCAQAFGQRLAEELDVPVYLYGEAARMDSRRTLPAIRAGEYEALPKKLQQADWAPDFGPSSFVPSWGATATGARKFLIAFNINLLGTKEQAHRIALNLREQGRGKDQPGRLKKVQGIGWYLDEKNLAQVSTNLLDFEVTALHTVYEETCREAQELSLPVVGSQLVGLVPLKALLDAAAFYCEKENLFILEEEQRIRLVVSRLGLDSLCPFSPKERIIEYLVPERGPERGLGSKSLRAFVGEVGARSAAPGGGSVAAAAAAMGAALGSMVGLMTYGRRQFQSLDTTMRRLIPPFREASAKLTTLVDADAEAFTAYLEAMRLPKNTPEEKDRRTAALQEGLRRAVSVPLTLAETVASLWPALQELARCGNLACRSDLQVAAKALEMGVFGAYFNVLINLRDITDEAFKDQIHHRVSSLLQEAKTQAALVLDCLETRQE Storage and Stability: May be stored at 4C for short-term only. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Store at -20C. Aliquots are stable for 6 months after receipt at -20C. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap. Further dilutions can be made in assay buffer.
