Proteins can be categorized as more than one product subtype.
The nature of protein products varies wildly, so developing clear categories was a challenge. Listed below are the basic categories, however a product can belong to more than one. For example, a recombinant cytokine is tagged as both recombinant and a cytokine/growth factor. Examples are not exhaustive and intended only as a guide.
| Antigen | Short peptides, potentially tagged, that can be used to block antibodies, as a part of a control, or to develop antibodies with therapeutic potential |
| Cytokine/Growth Factors | Proteins like tumour necrosis factors and interleukins that can be used in activation assays, cell functional assays, cell treatments, or inhibition assays, for example. |
| Enzyme | Catalytically active proteins that can be used in cell treatments, or as controls. |
| Native | Natively folded proteins that can be used in cell treatments, or as antibody controls |
| Peptide | Short(er) polypeptides that can be used as enzyme substrates or to interrogate protein interactions |
| Recombinant | Proteins produced in expression systems will be tagged as recombinant, in addition to other appropriate categories. |
| Other proteins | This is for protein-types not mentioned above that could have smaller numbers of products, like synthetic peptides. |
If there are additional categories that would be valuable to you and your research, please contact us to let us know!