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Designing a Western blot for ADAR? 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 ADAR Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase.
Can edit both viral and cellular RNAs and can edit RNAs at multiple sites (hyper-editing) or at specific sites (site-specific editing). Its cellular RNA substrates include: bladder cancer- associated protein (BLCAP), neurotransmitter receptors for glutamate (GRIA2) and serotonin (HTR2C) and GABA receptor (GABRA3).
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | ADAR |
| Uniprot: | P55265 |
| Entrez: | 103 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

ADAR1DSH; adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific; DRADAP136; DSRADadenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1-A; EC 3.5.4; EC 3.5.4.-; G1P1double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase; IFI-4; IFI4dsRNA adenosine deaminase; interferon-induced protein 4; Interferon-inducible protein 4; K88DSRBP; p136,136 kDa double-stranded RNA-binding protein
Mass (kDA):
136.066 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (154582057..154627997, complement) |
Ubiquitously expressed, highest levels were found in brain and lung (PubMed:7972084). Isoform 5 is expressed at higher levels in astrocytomas as compared to normal brain tissue and expression increases strikingly with the severity of the tumor, being higher in the most aggressive tumors.
[Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus (PubMed:7565688, PubMed:24753571). Nuclear import is mediated by TNPO1 (PubMed:24753571).; [Isoform 5]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Nucleus, nucleolus. Predominantly nuclear but can shuttle between nucleus and cytoplasm. TNPO1 can mediate its nuclear import whereas XPO5 can mediate its nuclear export.





PMID: 7972084 by Kim U., et al. Molecular cloning of cDNA for double-stranded RNA adenosine deaminase, a candidate enzyme for nuclear RNA editing.
PMID: 7565688 by Patterson J.B., et al. Expression and regulation by interferon of a double-stranded-RNA- specific adenosine deaminase from human cells: evidence for two forms of the deaminase.