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Designing a Western blot for ACSL5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the ACSL5 Western Blot GuideFacts about Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 5.
Utilizes a wide assortment of saturated fatty acids with a preference for C16-C18 unsaturated fatty acids (By similarity). It had been suggested that it may also stimulate fatty acid oxidation (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ACSL5 |
| Uniprot: | Q9ULC5 |
| Entrez: | 51703 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family |

ACS2; ACS5FACL5 for fatty acid coenzyme A ligase 5; acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 5; EC 6.2.1; EC 6.2.1.3; FACL5fatty acid coenzyme A ligase 5; fatty-acid-Coenzyme A ligase, long-chain 5; LACS 5; Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 5; long-chain fatty acid coenzyme A ligase 5; long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase 5
Mass (kDA):
75.991 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q25.2 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (112374116..112428380) |
Mitochondrion. Endoplasmic reticulum. Mitochondrion outer membrane; Single-pass type III membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type III membrane protein. Cell membrane.





PMID: 17681178 by Gassler N., et al. Regulation of enterocyte apoptosis by acyl-CoA synthetase 5 splicing.
PMID: 19459852 by Mashima T., et al. Acyl-CoA synthetase as a cancer survival factor: its inhibition enhances the efficacy of etoposide.