Mouse Mucin-2 (MUC2) ELISA Kit

SKU: AE58288MO

Size: 96T. Other sizes are also available.

Species Reactivity: Mouse (Mus musculus)

UniProt: Q80Z19

Abbreviation: MUC2

Alternative Names: MLP; SMUC; mucin 2|mucin 2; intestinal/tracheal|mucin-like protein

Application: ELISA

Range: 0.78-50 ng/mL

Sensitivity: 0.30 ng/mL

Test principle: This assay employs a two-site sandwich ELISA to quantitate MUC2 in samples. An antibody specific for MUC2 has been pre-coated onto a microplate. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells and anyMUC2 present is bound by the immobilized antibody. After removing any unbound substances, a biotin-conjugated antibody specific for MUC2 is added to the wells. After washing, Streptavidin conjugated Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) is added to the wells. Following a wash to remove any unbound avidin-enzyme reagent, a substrate solution is added to the wells and color develops in proportion to the amount of MUC2 bound in the initial step. The color development is stopped and the intensity of the color is measured.

Product Overview: Mucin 2 is particularly prominent in the gut where it is secreted from goblet cells in the epithelial lining into the lumen of the large intestine. There, mucin 2, along with small amounts of related-mucin proteins, polymerizes into a gel of which 80% by weight is oligosaccharide side chains which are added as post-translational modifications to the mucin proteins. This gel provides an insoluble mucous barrier that serves to protect the intestinal epithelium. The mucin 2 protein features a central domain containing tandem repeats rich in threonine and proline that varies between 50 and 115 copies in different individuals. Alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known.

Stability: The stability of ELISA kit is determined by the loss rate of activity. The loss rate of this kit is less than 5% within the expiration date under appropriate storage condition. The loss rate was determined by accelerated thermal degradation test. Keep the kit at 37°C for 4 and 7 days, and compare O.D.values of the kit kept at 37°C with that of at recommended temperature. (referring from China Biological Products Standard, which was calculated by the Arrhenius equation. For ELISA kit, 4 days storage at 37°C can be considered as 6 months at 2 - 8°C, which means 7 days at 37°C equaling 12 months at 2 - 8°C).