Peptide ELISA: Detection Limit: 1/64000. Western blot: 0.3-1 μg/mL. Detects a band of Approx 50 kDa in Human Prostate lysates. The observed molecular weightcorresponds to earlier findings in literature with different antibodies (Patel et al. , ClinChem.1986 Oct,32(10): 1832-5. PMID: 3530530). Other applications not tested. Optimal dilutions are dependent on conditions and should be determined by the user.
Prostatic acid phosphatase is one of the two antigenic markers of prostatic carcinoma, the other being prostate specific antigen. It belongs to the kallikrein family of serine proteases and is suggested to act as a hydrolase to split phospharyl choline in semen and as a transferase.Synonyms: ACP3, PAP, PSAP, Prostate acid phosphatase