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Designing a Western blot for CAMK2A? 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 Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha.
Regulates dendritic spine development (PubMed:28130356). Also regulates the migration of developing neurons (PubMed:29100089).
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | CAMK2A |
| Uniprot: | Q9UQM7 |
| Entrez: | 815 |

| Belongs to: |
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| protein kinase superfamily |

calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase) II alpha; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha-B subunit; CaM kinase II alpha subunit; CaM Kinase II alpha; CaM kinase II subunit alpha; CAMK2A; CAMKAcalcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha; CaMK-II alpha subunit; CaMK-II subunit alpha; CaMKIINalpha; CaM-kinase II alpha chain; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.17; KIAA0968calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II alpha chain
Mass (kDA):
54.088 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q32 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (150219491..150290130, complement) |
Cell junction, synapse. Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic density. Cell projection, dendritic spine. Cell projection, dendrite. Postsynaptic lipid rafts.






PMID: 14722083 by Gaertner T.R., et al. Comparative analyses of the three-dimensional structures and enzymatic properties of alpha, beta, gamma and delta isoforms of Ca2+- calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.
PMID: 15312654 by Krapivinsky G., et al. SynGAP-MUPP1-CaMKII synaptic complexes regulate p38 MAP kinase activity and NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic AMPA receptor potentiation.
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