Purity ~90% (SDS-PAGE). OXSM is a beta-ketoacyl synthetase. The enzyme is required for elongation of fatty acid chains in the mitochondria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. Source: Recombinant protein corresponding to aa28-459 from human OXSM, fused to His-tag at N-terminal expressed in E. coli. Molecular Weight: ~48.1kD (455aa) AA