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Designing a Western blot for CHD1? 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 CHD1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for CHD1? 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 CHD1 IHC GuideFacts about Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 1.
Regulates negatively DNA replication. Not only involved in transcription-related chromatin-remodeling, but also required to maintain a particular chromatin configuration across the genome.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CHD1 |
| Uniprot: | O14646 |
| Entrez: | 1105 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| SNF2/RAD54 helicase family |

ATP-dependent helicase CHD1; CHD1; CHD-1; chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 1; chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 1; DKFZp686E2337; EC 3.6.1; EC 3.6.4.12
Mass (kDA):
196.688 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q15-q21.1 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (98853985..98929772, complement) |
Expressed in many tissues including in the brain, where the highest level of expression is found in the cerebellum and basal ganglia.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Is released into the cytoplasm when cells enter mitosis and is reincorporated into chromatin during telophase-cytokinesis.




PMID: 9326634 by Woodage T., et al. Characterization of the CHD family of proteins.
PMID: 16263726 by Sims R.J. III, et al. Human but not yeast CHD1 binds directly and selectively to histone H3 methylated at lysine 4 via its tandem chromodomains.