Mouse Chemerin Recombinant Protein Carrier-Free

Description: Chemerin is a potent chemoattractant, identified as the ligand of CMKLR (also known as Chem23R, DEZ), a receptor expressed by plasmacytoid DCs, and some macrophage and NK cell subsets. Pro-chemerin circulates in the blood and is biologically inactive, until processed by a variety of serine proteases at sites of tissue damage to remove six C-terminal amino acid residues. The cleaved, mature form of chemerin is biologically active and recruits CMKLR1-positive cells to sites of tissue damage. Chemerin is a member of the cystatin superfamily and contains three intrachain disulfide bonds.

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