Description
CD39L2, also known as ENTPD6, is a nucleoside phosphohydrolase of the CD39 family of enzymes that is present on the surface of cells. It is soluble monomeric enzyme, making it more amenable to thorough structural and fuctional analysis than the membrane-bound forms. Soluble CD39L2 preferentially exhibits nucleoside diphosphatase activity, which is depedent on the presence of divalent cations. It is expressed at its highest levels in cardiac muscle and in heart capillary endothelial cells. Also, it plays a role in the regulation and recruitment of platelet activation in heart. Recombinant mouse CD39L2, fused to His-tag at C-terminus, was expressed in HEK293 cell and purified by using conventional chromatography techniques