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Designing a Western blot for Beclin-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.
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Facts about Beclin-1.
Essential for the formation of PI3KC3-C2 but not PI3KC3-C1 PI3K complex forms. Involved in endocytosis (PubMed:25275521).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | BECN1 |
| Uniprot: | Q14457 |
| Entrez: | 8678 |

| Belongs to: |
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| beclin family |

ATG6 autophagy related 6 homolog; ATG6; beclin 1 (coiled-coil, moesin-like BCL2 interacting protein); beclin 1 (coiled-coil, moesin-like BCL2-interacting protein); Beclin 1; beclin 1, autophagy related; beclin1; beclin-1; BECN1; Coiled-coil myosin-like BCL2-interacting protein; GT197; Protein GT197; VPS30
Mass (kDA):
51.896 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q21.31 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (42810132..42824316, complement) |
Ubiquitous.
Cytoplasm. Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Endosome membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Mitochondrion membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Endosome. Cytoplasmic vesicle, autophagosome. Interaction with ATG14 promotes translocation to autophagosomes. Expressed in dendrites and cell bodies of cerebellar Purkinje cells (By similarity).; [Beclin-1-C 35 kDa]: Mitochondrion. Nucleus. Cytoplasm.; [Beclin-1-C 37 kDa]: Mitochondrion.






PMID: 9765397 by Liang X.H., et al. Protection against fatal Sindbis virus encephalitis by beclin, a novel Bcl-2-interacting protein.
PMID: 10395800 by Aita V.M., et al. Cloning and genomic organization of beclin 1, a candidate tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 17q21.
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