Interleukin-22, PEGylated, mouse recombinant (rmIL-22-PEG)

Cytokine that contributes to the inflammatory response in vivo. (www.uniprot.org) PEGylated Interleukin-22 Mouse Recombinant produced in E.coli is a single, non-glycosylated homodimeric polypeptide chain containing 147 amino acids and an aditional Ala amino acid at N-terminus having a molecular mass of 36 kDa as determioned by mass spectometry. However due to enlarged hydrodymanic volume it runs on the SDS-PAGE as a 50 kDa protein and in gel-filtration on Superdex 200 as over 200 kDa protein. The Murine IL-22 is Mono-PEGylated (with 20 kDa PEG) purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques. Interleukin-22 (IL-22), also known as IL-10-related T cell-derived inducible factor (IL-TIF) was initially identified as a gene induced by IL-9 in mouse T cells and mast cells. Mouse IL-22 cDNA encodes a 179 amino acid residue protein with a putative 33 amino acids signal peptide that is cleaved to generate a 147 aa mature protein that shares approximately 79% and 22% aa sequence identity with human IL-22 and IL-10, respectively. IL-22 has been shown to activate STAT-1 and STAT-3 in several hepatoma cell lines and upregulate the production of acute phase proteins. IL-22 is produced by normal mouse T cells upon Con A activation. Mouse IL-22 expression is also induced in various organs.