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Designing a Western blot for ADAM12? 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 ADAM12 Western Blot GuideFacts about Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 12.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ADAM12 |
| Uniprot: | O43184 |
| Entrez: | 8038 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 12 (meltrin alpha); ADAM 12; ADAM metallopeptidase domain 12; ADAM12; disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 12; EC 3.4.24; EC 3.4.24.58; MCMP; MCMPMltna; Meltrin alpha; meltrin-alpha; MLTNA; MLTNEC 3.4.24.-
Mass (kDA):
99.542 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q26.2 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (126012391..126388477, complement) |
Isoform 1 is expressed in placenta and skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Isoform 2 seems to be expressed only in placenta or in embryo and fetus. Both forms were expressed in some tumor cells lines. Not detected in brain, lung, liver, kidney or pancreas.
[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.; [Isoform 2]: Secreted.; [Isoform 3]: Secreted.; [Isoform 4]: Secreted.





PMID: 9417060 by Gilpin B.J., et al. A novel, secreted form of human ADAM 12 (meltrin alpha) provokes myogenesis in vivo.
PMID: 9642263 by Loechel F., et al. Human ADAM 12 (meltrin alpha) is an active metalloprotease.