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Designing an IHC experiment for A-kinase anchor protein 4? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the AKAP4 IHC GuideFacts about A-kinase anchor protein 4.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AKAP4 |
| Uniprot: | Q5JQC9 |
| Entrez: | 8852 |

| Belongs to: |
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| AKAP110 family |

A kinase (PRKA) anchor protein 4; AKAP-4; AKAP82AKAP 82; A-kinase anchor protein 4; A-kinase anchor protein 82 kDa; cancer/testis antigen 99; CT99; hAKAP82Fsc1; HIFSC1; Major sperm fibrous sheath protein; p82; PRKA4; protein kinase A anchoring protein 4; Protein kinase A-anchoring protein 4; testis-specific gene HI
Mass (kDA):
94.477 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xp11.22 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (50190777..50201007, complement) |
Testis specific; only expressed in round spermatids.
Cell projection, cilium, flagellum. Localizes to the principle piece of the sperm flagellum.




PMID: 9514854 by Mohapatra B., et al. Molecular cloning of human testis mRNA specifically expressed in haploid germ cells, having structural homology with the A-kinase anchoring proteins.
PMID: 9822690 by Turner R.M.O., et al. An X-linked gene encodes a major human sperm fibrous sheath protein, hAKAP82. Genomic organization, protein kinase A-RII binding, and distribution of the precursor in the sperm tail.