Recombinant Human XIAP (BIR2) Protein, CF Summary
Product Specifications
Ala124-Ala242, with an N-terminal Met and 6-His tag
Analysis
Product Datasheets
786-XB
Carrier Free
CF stands for Carrier Free (CF). We typically add Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a carrier protein to our recombinant proteins. Adding a carrier protein enhances protein stability, increases shelf-life, and allows the recombinant protein to be stored at a more dilute concentration. The carrier free version does not contain BSA.
In general, we advise purchasing the recombinant protein with BSA for use in cell or tissue culture, or as an ELISA standard. In contrast, the carrier free protein is recommended for applications, in which the presence of BSA could interfere.
786-XB
Formulation | Supplied as a 0.2 μm filtered solution in HEPES, NaCl, DTT and Glycerol. |
Shipping | The product is shipped with dry ice or equivalent. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. |
Stability & Storage: | Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
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Assay Procedure
- Activation Buffer: 50 mM HEPES, 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 5 mM DTT, 0.1% CHAPS, 10% Sucrose, pH 7.5
- Assay Buffer: 25 mM HEPES, 0.1 M NaCl, 1 mM DTT, pH 8.0
- F16 Black Maxisorp Plate (Nunc, Catalog # 475515)
- Recombinant Human Caspase‑7 (rhCaspase‑7) (Catalog # 823-C7)
- Recombinant Human XIAP BIR2 Domain (rhXIAP-BIR2) (Catalog # 786-XB)
- Substrate: Ac-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-AFC (MP Biomedicals, Catalog # AFC138), 10 mM stock in DMSO
- Dilute rhXIAP-BIR2 (MW: 14,801Da) to various concentrations in Assay Buffer. Make serial dilutions of: 8000, 2000, 1000, 300, 100, 50, 30, 10, 3, and 1 nM.
- Dilute rhCaspase-7 to 0.12 ng/µL in Activation Buffer.
- Load Plate in the following order:
70 µL Assay Buffer
10 µL of the rhXIAP-BIR2 dilutions
10 µL of 0.12 ng/µL rhCaspase-7 - Include a control, in duplicate, containing Assay Buffer and rhCaspase-7 only.
- Incubate at RT for 15 minutes.
- Dilute Substrate in Assay Buffer to 500 µM.
- Load 10 µL Substrate per well to start the reaction.
- Read at excitation and emission wavelengths of 400 nm and 505 nm, respectively in kinetic mode for 5 minutes.
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Derive the 50% inhibiting concentration (IC50) for rhXIAP-BIR2 by plotting RFU/min (or specific activity) vs. concentration with 4-PL fitting.
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The specific activity for rhCaspase-7 at each point may be determined using the following formula (if needed):
Specific Activity (pmol/min/µg) = |
Adjusted Vmax* (RFU/min) x Conversion Factor** (pmol/RFU) |
amount of enzyme (µg) |
*Adjusted for Substrate Blank
**Derived using calibration standard 7-amino, 4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (AFC) (Calbiochem, Catalog # 164580).
- rhCaspase-7: 0.0012 μg
- rhXIAP-BIR2 curve: 800, 200, 100, 30, 10, 5, 3, 1, 0.3 and 0.1 nM
- Substrate: 50 µM
Background: XIAP
XIAP (X-chromosome linked inhibitor of apoptosis) is a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family of proteins that inhibit caspases. The BIR2 domain of XIAP inhibits Caspase-3 and Caspase-7. The ability of XIAP to inhibit caspases is prevented by SMAC/Diablo through binding to XIAP-BIR2 and -BIR3 domains.
SUPPLEMENTARY METHODS
XIAP (BIR2 domain) inhibits DEVD-AFC cleavage by activated cell extracts.
XIAP (BIR2 domain) inhibits DEVD-AFC cleavage by Recombinant Human Caspase-3
Recombinant Human Caspase‑3 (Catalog # 707-C3) can be used in the Activity Assay Protocol in place of Casapase-7 by diluting to initial concentration of 32 pg/uL in Step 2.
The IC50 for inhibition of rhCaspase-3 activity is typically 10-100 nM.
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- Deveraux, Q. et al. (1999) EMBO J. 18(19):5242.
- Verhagen, A. et al. (2000) Cell 102:43.
- Chai, J. et al. (2001) Cell 104:769.
- Riedl, S. (2001) Cell 104:791.
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- Ekert, P. et al. (2001) J. Cell Biol. 152(3):483.
- Du, C. et al. (2000) Cell 102:33.
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