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Designing an IHC experiment for BTN3A1? 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 BTN3A1 IHC GuideFacts about Butyrophilin subfamily 3 member A1.
Regulates the release of cytokines and IFNG by triggered T-cells. Mediates the response of T-cells toward infected and transformed cells that are characterized by high levels of phosphorylated metabolites, such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | BTN3A1 |
| Uniprot: | O00481 |
| Entrez: | 11119 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| immunoglobulin superfamily |

BT3.1; BTF5; BTN3A1; butyrophilin, subfamily 3, member A1; CD277; dJ45P21.3 (butyrophilin, subfamily 3, member A1)
Mass (kDA):
57.677 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p22.2 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (26402269..26415216) |
Detected on T-cells, natural killer cells, dendritic cells and macrophages (at protein level). Ubiquitous. Highly expressed in heart, pancreas and lung, Moderately expressed in placenta, liver and muscle.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.





PMID: 9382921 by Tazi-Ahnini R., et al. Cloning, localization, and structure of new members of the butyrophilin gene family in the juxta-telomeric region of the major histocompatibility complex.
PMID: 9149941 by Ruddy D.A., et al. A 1.1-Mb transcript map of the hereditary hemochromatosis locus.