SYNONYMS
Complement receptor type 2, Cr2, Complement C3d receptor, Epstein-Barr virus receptor, EBV receptor, CD21 antigen, CR2, C3DR, CD21, SLEB9.
INTRODUCTION
CD21 is expressed strongly on mature B cells, follicular dentritic cells and weakly on immature thymocytes and T lymphocytes. In B-cell ontogeny, CD21 appears after the pre-B-stage, is maintained during peripheral B-cell development and is lost upon terminal differentiation into plasma cells. CD21 expression is also gradually lost after stimulation of B cells in vitro. CD21 functions as receptor for C3d, C3dg and iC3b Complement components, for EBV and for IFNalpha. CD21 binds to CD23 and associates with CD19, CD81 and Leu13 to form a large signal-transduction complex involved in B cell activation.
DESCRIPTION
CD21 Human Recombinant produced in Sf9 Baculovirus cells is a single, glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 959 amino acids (21-971aa) and having a molecular mass of 105.2kDa.
CD21 is fused to an 8 amino acid His-Tag at C-terminus and purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.
