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Designing a Western blot for CEBPB? 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 CEBPB Western Blot GuideFacts about CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta.
Its functional capacity is regulated by protein interactions and post-translational protein alterations. During early embryogenesis, plays essential and redundant functions with CEBPA.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CEBPB |
| Uniprot: | P17676 |
| Entrez: | 1051 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| bZIP family |

C/EBP beta; C/EBP-beta; CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), beta; CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta; CRP2; IL6DBP; interleukin 6-dependent DNA-binding protein; LAPTCF-5; Liver activator protein; liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein; MGC32080; NF-IL6; Nuclear factor NF-IL6; nuclear factor of interleukin 6; TCF5NFIL6; Transcription factor 5
Mass (kDA):
36.106 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (50190583..50192690) |
Expressed at low levels in the lung, kidney and spleen.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Translocates to the nucleus when phosphorylated at Ser-288. In T-cells when sumoylated drawn to pericentric heterochromatin thereby allowing proliferation (By similarity).





PMID: 2112087 by Akira S., et al. A nuclear factor for IL-6 expression (NF-IL6) is a member of a C/EBP family.
PMID: 7635140 by Toda K., et al. Identification of a transcriptional regulatory factor for human aromatase cytochrome P450 gene expression as nuclear factor interleukin-6 (NF-IL6), a member of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein family.