HBsAg is the surface antigenof the Hepatitis-B-Virus (HBV). The capsidof a virus has different surface proteins from the rest of the virus. The antigen is a protein that binds specifically on one of these surface proteins. It is commonly referred to as the Australian Antigen.
HbsAg subtype adw2 produced in E.Coli, is a single, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain containing 226 amino acids and having a molecular weight of approximately 23.0kDa. HBsAg adw2 migrates on SDS-PAGE as a 23kDa monomer band with minor amounts of dimer (46kDa) and trimer (69kDa) forms.
The HBsAg is fused to a 6 His tag on C-terminus and purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.
Escherichia Coli.
Sterile filtered colorless solution.
Sterile filtered solution containing 50mM arginine and 1M urea.
Store at 4°C if entire vial will be used within 2-4 weeks. Store, frozen at -20°C for longer periods of time.
For long term storage it is recommended to add a carrier protein (0.1% HSA or BSA).
Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.
Greater than 90.0% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
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