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Designing a Western blot for CAPN2? 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 CAPN2 Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Calpain-2 catalytic subunit.
Proteolytically cleaves CPEB3 following neuronal stimulation which abolishes CPEB3 translational repressor activity, leading to translation of CPEB3 target mRNAs (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CAPN2 |
| Uniprot: | P17655 |
| Entrez: | 824 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase C2 family |

Calcium-activated neutral proteinase 2; calpain 2, (m/II) large subunit; calpain 2, large [catalytic] subunit; calpain 2, large subunit; Calpain large polypeptide L2; Calpain M-type; calpain, large polypeptide L2; calpain-2 catalytic subunit; Calpain-2 large subunit; CANP 2; CANPL2CANP2; CANPml; EC 3.4.22; EC 3.4.22.53; FLJ39928; M-calpain; mCANP; millimolar-calpain
Mass (kDA):
79.995 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q41 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (223701593..223776018) |
Ubiquitous.
Cytoplasm. Cell membrane. Translocates to the plasma membrane upon Ca(2+) binding.





PMID: 2852952 by Imajoh S., et al. Molecular cloning of the cDNA for the large subunit of the high-Ca2+- requiring form of human Ca2+-activated neutral protease.
PMID: 10944468 by Ye Z., et al. cDNA cloning by amplification of circularized first strand cDNAs reveals non-IRE-regulated iron-responsive mRNAs.
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