Protein A/G

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Protein A/G is a recombinant fusion protein that combines IgG binding domains of both protein A and protein G. Protein A/G contains four Fc binding domains from protein A and two from protein G, yielding a final mass of 50,460 daltons. The binding of protein A/G is less pH-dependent than protein A, but otherwise has the additive properties of protein A and G.

Protein A/G binds to all subclasses of human IgG, making it useful for purifying

chimeric protein A/G than to either protein A or protein G.[2] Protein A/G also has been used for purification of macaque IgG.[3]

Other antibody binding proteins

In addition to protein A/G, other immunoglobulin-binding bacterial proteins such as protein A, protein G and protein L are all commonly used to purify, immobilize or detect immunoglobulins. Each of these immunoglobulin-binding proteins has a different antibody binding profile in terms of the portion of the antibody that is recognized and the species and type of antibodies.

References

  1. ^ Sikkema, J.W.D. (1989) Amer. Biotech. Lab, 7, 42.
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