Properties
Purity
Type IV-S, lyophilized powder, aseptically processed, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture
Impurities
salt (Contains buffer salts and NaCl)
Potency
<64 μg per mL agglutination activity
Solubility
PBS: 5 mg/mL, slightly hazy
Applications
Concanavalin A (con A) is a plant lectin refined from jack beans. It is a tetrameric protein, which has four identical 28 kDa subunits. Con A has the ability to connect with the mannose residues of several glycoproteins and can stimulate lymphocytes.