S-tag is a 15 amino acid truncated form of the S-peptide, KETAAAKFERQHMDS, used in a variety of protein expression
applications in mammalian cells. Its small size and excessive solubility have made the S-tag an excellent fusion partner in the
production of recombinant proteins. S-tag is the name of an oligopeptide derived from pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A). The
N-terminus of the original RNase A, also known as S-peptide, consists of 20 amino acid residues, of which only the first 15 are
required for ribonuclease activity. This 15 amino acids long peptide is called S15 or S-tag. On DNA-level the S-tag can be
attached to the N- or C-terminus of any protein. After gene expression, such a tagged protein can be detected by commercially
available antibodies.