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Designing a Western blot for Beta-secretase 1? 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 BACE1 Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Beta-secretase 1.
Cleaves APP with much more catalytic efficiency than for the wild-type. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | BACE1 |
| Uniprot: | P56817 |
| Entrez: | 23621 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase A1 family |

APP beta-secretase; ASP2; Aspartyl protease 2; BACE1; BACE-1; BACEAsp 2; beta-secretase 1 precursor variant 1; beta-secretase 1; beta-site amyloid beta A4 precursor protein-cleaving enzyme; Beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1; Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1; beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1; beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme; EC 3.4.23; EC 3.4.23.46; FLJ90568; HSPC104; KIAA1149; memapsin-2; Membrane-associated aspartic protease 2; transmembrane aspartic proteinase Asp2
Mass (kDA):
55.764 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (117285207..117316256, complement) |
Expressed at high levels in the brain and pancreas. In the brain, expression is highest in the substantia nigra, locus coruleus and medulla oblongata.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network. Endoplasmic reticulum. Endosome. Cell surface. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Membrane raft. Lysosome. Late endosome. Early endosome. Recycling endosome. Cell projection, axon. Cell projection, dendrite. Predominantly localized to the later Golgi/trans-Golgi network (TGN) and minimally detectable in the early Golgi compartments. A small portion is also found in the endoplasmic reticulum, endosomes and on the cell surface (PubMed:17425515, PubMed:11466313). Colocalizatio





PMID: 10531052 by Vassar R., et al. Beta-secretase cleavage of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein by the transmembrane aspartic protease BACE.
PMID: 10591214 by Sinha S., et al. Purification and cloning of amyloid precursor protein beta-secretase from human brain.
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