Bovine serum albumin
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This article is about albumin specific to cows. For the human variant, see human serum albumin. For the family of mammalian albumins, see serum albumin.
Bovine serum albumin (BSA or "Fraction V") is a serum albumin protein derived from cows. It is often used as a protein concentration standard in lab experiments.
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albumin | |||||||
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Organism | Bos taurus (domestic cow) | ||||||
Symbol | ALB | ||||||
Entrez | 280717 | ||||||
HomoloGene | 105925 | ||||||
RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_180992 | ||||||
RefSeq (Prot) | NP_851335 | ||||||
UniProt | P02769 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Chromosome | 6: 91.54 - 91.57 Mb | ||||||
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The nickname "Fraction V" refers to albumin being the fifth fraction of the original Edwin Cohn purification methodology that made use of differential solubility characteristics of plasma proteins. By manipulating solvent concentrations, pH, salt levels, and temperature, Cohn was able to pull out successive "fractions" of blood plasma. The process was first commercialized with human albumin for medical use and later adopted for production of BSA.