Elastase

Product Name	Elastase
Source	Porcine Pancreas
Catalogue Number	345-10
Purity	Purified
Form	Lyophilized
Activity	> 1 U/mg solid
Unit Definition	One unit will hydrolyze one micromole of methoxy succinyl-alanine-alanine-proline-valine-p-nitroanilide per minute at 37°C and pH 7.5.
Protein	> 0.20 mg Protein/mg (Coomassie)
Specific Activity	> 5 U/mg protein
Recertification	3 years
Storage	-20°C
Optimal pH	8.5
Activators	Tris, sodium sulfate
Synonyms	Pancreatic elastase, elastase-1, pancreatopeptidase E
Application	- Digestion of elastin - Protein structural studies and tissue dissociation when used together with other proteases such as collagenase or trypsin - Solubilization of membrane proteins
Molecular Weight	25,908
CAS Number	848900-32-3
E.C. Number	3.4.21.36
Accession No	P00772
Gene	CELA1, ELA1, ELS1, Elastase-1
Gene ID	396766