Streptavidin
Protein in Streptomyces avidinii / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Streptavidin /ˌstrɛpˈtævɪdɪn/ is a 52 kDa protein (tetramer) purified from the bacterium Streptomyces avidinii. Streptavidin homo-tetramers have an extraordinarily high affinity for biotin (also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H). With a dissociation constant (Kd) on the order of ≈10−14 mol/L,[1] the binding of biotin to streptavidin is one of the strongest non-covalent interactions known in nature. Streptavidin is used extensively in molecular biology and bionanotechnology due to the streptavidin-biotin complex's resistance to organic solvents, denaturants (e.g. guanidinium chloride), detergents (e.g. SDS, Triton X-100), proteolytic enzymes, and extremes of temperature and pH.
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Organism | Streptomyces avidinii | ||||||
Symbol | ? | ||||||
UniProt | P22629 | ||||||
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