During the asexual blood stage, catalyzes the initial cleavage of native host hemoglobin (Hb) resulting in Hb denaturation, specifically cleaves between Phe-33 and Leu-34 of Hb alpha-chain. Digestion of host Hb is an essential step which provides the parasite with amino acids for protein synthesis, and regulates osmolarity (Probable). Source: Recombinant protein corresponding to aa125-452 from Plasmodium falciparum Plasmepsin-1, fused to 6X His-Tag at N-terminal, expressed in E.coli. Molecular Weight: ~41.0kD Amino Acid Sequence: AGDSVTLNDVANVMYYGEAQIGDNKQKFAFIFDTGSANLWVPSAQCNTIGCKTKNLYDSNKSKTYEKDGTKVEMNYVSGTVSGFFSKDIVTIANLSFPYKFIEVTDTNGFEPAYTLGQFDGIVGLGWKDLSIGSVDPVVVELKNQNKIEQAVFTFYLPFDDKHKGYLTIGGIEDRFYEGQLTYEKLNHDLYWQVDLDLHFGNLTVEKATAIVDSGTSSITAPTEFLNKFFEGLDVVKIPFLPLYITTCNNPKLPTLEFRSATNVYTLEPEYYLQQIFDFGISLCMVSIIPVDLNKNTFILGDPFMRKYFTVFDYDNHTVGFALAKKKL Storage and Stability: Lyophilized and reconstituted products are stable for 6 months after receipt at -20C. Reconstitute with sterile ddH2O. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Store 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.
Supplied as a lyophilized powder from 20mM Tris-HCl, 0.5M sodium chloride, pH 8.0, 6% trehalose. Reconstitute with sterile ddH2O to a concentration of 0.1-1mg/ml.
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