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Designing a Western blot for CARM1? 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 CARM1 Western Blot GuideFacts about Histone-arginine methyltransferase CARM1.
Throughout myogenic transcriptional activation, acts together with NCOA3/ACTR as a coactivator for MEF2C. Throughout monocyte inflammatory stimulation, acts together with EP300/P300 as a coactivator for NF-kappa-B.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CARM1 |
| Uniprot: | Q86X55 |
| Entrez: | 10498 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

Carm1; coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1EC 2.1.1.-; EC 2.1.1; histone-arginine methyltransferase CARM1; PRMT4; PRMT4EC 2.1.1.125; Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 4
Mass (kDA):
65.854 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19p13.2 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (10871553..10923078) |
Overexpressed in prostate adenocarcinomas and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Mainly nuclear during the G1, S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. Cytoplasmic during mitosis, after breakup of the nuclear membrane.






PMID: 12237300 by Li H., et al. Lipopolysaccharide-induced methylation of HuR, an mRNA-stabilizing protein, by CARM1. Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase.
PMID: 15221992 by Hong H., et al. Aberrant expression of CARM1, a transcriptional coactivator of androgen receptor, in the development of prostate carcinoma and androgen-independent status.