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Designing a Western blot for RNA demethylase ALKBH5? 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 ALKBH5 Western Blot GuideFacts about RNA demethylase ALKBH5.
Requires molecular oxygen, alpha-ketoglutarate and iron (PubMed:21264265, PubMed:23177736, PubMed:24778178, PubMed:24616105, PubMed:24489119). Demethylation of m6A mRNA affects mRNA processing and export (PubMed:23177736).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ALKBH5 |
| Uniprot: | Q6P6C2 |
| Entrez: | 54890 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| alkB family |

ABH5OFOXD; alkB, alkylation repair homolog 5 (E. coli); Alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 5; EC 1.14.11.-; FLJ20308; OFOXD1; oxoglutarate and iron-dependent oxygenase domain containing; probable alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase ABH5
Mass (kDA):
44.256 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17p11.2|17p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (18183828..18209954) |
Widely expressed, with highest expression in lung, followed by testis, pancreas, spleen and ovary.
Nucleus speckle.




PMID: 17979886 by Tsujikawa K., et al. Expression and sub-cellular localization of human ABH family molecules.
PMID: 21264265 by Thalhammer A., et al. Human AlkB homologue 5 is a nuclear 2-oxoglutarate dependent oxygenase and a direct target of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF- 1alpha).
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