NSE is the ?? isoform of the glycolytic enzyme enolase and is expressed primarily in neurons, in normal and neoplastic neuroendocrine cells. NSE is a highly soluble cytoplasmic protein that is readily secreted into the CSF and serum following tissue damage. NSE shows neurotrophic and neuroprotective properties on a broad spectrum of central nervous system (CNS) neurons and binds in a calcium-dependent manner to cultured neocortical neurons promoting cell survival.
Neuron Specific Enolase Human Recombinant is expressed in E. coli containing 433 amino acids 2-434 fused to an amino terminal hexahistidine tag.
The NSE is purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.