CST, 3419S, Streptavidin (Sepharose ® Bead Conjugate)

Product Usage Information
Add 10 μl of well-vortexed beads to 200 μl of cell lysate at 1 mg/ml pre-incubated with biotinylated primary antibody. See protocol for more details.
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibodies.
Protocol
Available protocols: Immunoprecipitation
Specificity / Sensitivity
Streptavidin has a remarkably high affinity for its natural ligand, biotin. The complex and irregular structure of the biotin-binding site makes it highly optimized for biotin binding and confers great specificity to the streptavidin-biotin complexes (4).
Source / Purification
Streptavidin is expressed in .
Background
Streptavidin is a 53,000 dalton tetrameric protein purified from the bacterium (3). Each subunit binds to biotin with extremely high affinity. Because of its strong non-covalent interaction with biotin, streptavidin can be used to isolate biotinylated proteins (1,2).
Alternate Names
Bead Conjugate; Biotinylated; Streptavidin