SYNONYMS
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 11a, NFKB Activator, Loss Of Heterozygosity, 18, Chromosomal Region 1, Osteoclast Differentiation Factor Receptor, Receptor Activator Of NF-KB, Paget Disease Of Bone 2, ODFR, RANK, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 11a, Activator Of NFKB, Receptor Activator Of Nuclear Factor-Kappa B, CD265 Antigen, LOH18CR1, TRANCER, CD265, OPTB7, OSTS, PDB2, FEO, OFE, Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 11A.
INTRODUCTION
RANK, is part of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. RANK is widely expressed with uppermost levels in the skeletal muscle, thymus, liver, colon, small intestine, adrenal gland as well as dendritic cells. Furthermore, in activated human peripheral blood T lymphocytes, RANK expression is induced by IL4 and TGF-b.
DESCRIPTION
RANK produced in Sf9 Baculovirus cells is a single, glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 427 amino acids (28-212a.a.) and having a molecular mass of 47.6kDa.
(Molecular size on SDS-PAGE will appear at approximately 40-57kDa).
RANK is expressed with a 242 amino acid hIgG-His-tag at C-Terminus and purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.
