Human Trypsin 3/PRSS3 Alexa Fluor® 488-conjugated Antibody

Applications

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

Preparation and Storage

Background: Trypsin 3/PRSS3

Human Trypsin 3, encoded by the PRSS3 gene, is also known as mesotrypsin (1). Constituting less than 10% of the total trypsin content in normal pancreatic juice, it is one of the three trypsin isoforms produced by the pancreas (2). Compared to trypsin 1 and 2, one intriguing feature of Trypsin 3 is its resistance to polypeptide trypsin inhibitors, such as the Kunitz-type soybean trypsin inhibitor or the Kazal-type pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor. As revealed by the crystal structure, this resistance is likely due to the presence of an arginine residue in place of the highly conserved Gly198 (3). Trypsin 3 is synthesized in the pancreas and secreted into the duodenum lumen, where it is activated by enterokinase. One proposed physiological function of Trypsin 3 is degradation of trypsin inhibitors, which facilitates the digestion of those foods rich in these proteins (4).

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Related Research Areas

• Search Bioprocessing Enzymes
• Serine Proteases and Regulators