• Species Reactivity

  Human

• Specificity

  Detects human Azurocidin/CAP37/HBP in direct ELISAs and Western blots.

• Source

  Monoclonal Mouse IgG    ₁ Clone # 246322

• Purification

  Protein A or G purified from hybridoma culture supernatant

• Immunogen

  Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant human Azurocidin/CAP37/HBP    
  Ile27-Pro250    
  Accession # P20160

• Formulation

  Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS with Trehalose. *Small pack size (SP) is supplied as a 0.2 µm filtered solution in PBS.

• Label

  Unconjugated

Applications

• Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Western Blot

  1 µg/mL

  Recombinant Human Azurocidin/CAP37/HBP (Catalog # )    
  under non-reducing conditions only

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• Immunoprecipitation

  25 µg/mL

  Conditioned cell culture medium spiked with Recombinant Human Azurocidin/CAP37/HBP (Catalog # ),

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application.  are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

• Reconstitution

  Reconstitute at 0.5 mg/mL in sterile PBS.

• Shipping

  The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. *Small pack size (SP) is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at -20 to -70 °C

• Stability & Storage

  Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.    

• 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.

• 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

• 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: Azurocidin/CAP37/HBP

Azurocidin, also known as cationic antimicrobial protein 37 (CAP37) and heparin-binding protein (HBP), is a member of the serine protease family that includes Cathepsin G, neutrophil elastase (NE), and proteinase 3 (PR3). These proteases are found in the specialized azurophilic granules of neutrophils (1, 2). Human Azurocidin 1 is encoded by the AZU1 gene located in a cluster with NE and PR3 on chromosome 19pter (2). The open reading frame predicts a 251 amino acid (aa) protein with an N-terminal 26 aa signal sequence and a 7 aa propeptide. There are also eight cysteine residues and 3 putative N-linked glycosylation sites (1). Although Azurocidin 1 shares a significant degree of aa sequence identity with Cathepsin G, NE, and PR3, it lacks serine protease activity due to mutations at two of the three residues in the catalytic triad (His41Ser and Ser175Gly) (1, 3). Crystallographic analysis suggests that the antibacterial activity of Azurocidin is mediated by a hydrophobic pocket (residues 20 to 44) that binds Gram-negative bacteria lipid A. These structural data also imply that the heparin binding capacity is mediated by non-specific electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged heparin molecule and a large patch of positively charged residues near the lipid A binding site (3). Azurocidin has also been identified as a modulator of endothelial permeability. Neutrophils arriving first at sites of inflammation release Azurocidin, which acts in a paracrine fashion on endothelial cells causing the development of intercellular gaps and allowing leukocyte extravasation. These findings imply that Azurocidin may be a reasonable therapeutic target for a variety of inflammatory disease conditions (4).

• References:

1. Morgan, J.G. et al. (1991) J. Immunol. 147:3210.

2. Zimmer, M. et al. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:8215.

3. Iverson, L.F. et al. (1997) Nat. Struct. Biol. 4:265.

4. Gautam, N. et al. (2001) Nat. Med. 7:1123.

• Long Name:

  Azurocidin/Cationic Antimicrobial Protein-37/Heparin Binding Protein

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  566 (Human)

• Alternate Names:

  AZAMP; AZU; AZU1; azurocidin 1; Azurocidin; CAP37; CAP37Heparin-binding protein; cationic antimicrobial protein 37; HBP; HBPCationic antimicrobial protein CAP37; HUMAZUR; NAZC; neutrophil azurocidin