SYNONYMS
OB Protein, Obesity Protein, OBS, Obesity factor.
INTRODUCTION
A 16-kDa peptide hormone secreted from white adipocytes and implicated in the regulation of food intake and energy balance. Leptin provides the key afferent signal from fat cells in the feedback system that controls body fat stores.
DESCRIPTION
Leptin Rat Recombinant produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain containing 147 amino acids and having a molecular mass of 16 kDa.
The Leptin is purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.