Ferritin light chain ELISA Kit

This Ferritin light chain ELISA Kit, Human is an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative measurement of Human Ferritin light chain protein in Serum . It contains recombinant Human Ferritin light chain, and antibodies raised against the recombinant protein. This ELISA kit is complete and ready-to-use.Ferritin, light polypeptide (FTL) is the light subunit of the ferritin protein. Ferritin is the major intracellular iron storage protein in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of 24 subunits of the heavy and light ferritin chains. Storage of iron in the tissues occurs in the form of ferritin and hemosiderin. The latter originates from ferritin that has undergone intracellular digestion of its protein shell, leaving the iron core. Ferritin and hemosiderin are components of a continuum. Ferritin has been identified in all types of living organisms: animals, plants, molds, and bacteria. Whithin the protein shell of ferritin, iron is first oxidized to the ferric state for storage as ferric oxyhdroxide. Thus, ferritin removes excess iron from the cell sap where it could otherwise participate in peroxidation mechanisms.