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Designing a Western blot for CHEK2? 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 Serine/threonine-protein kinase Chk2.
Inhibition of CDC25 phosphatase activity leads to increased inhibitory tyrosine phosphorylation of CDK-cyclin complexes and blocks cell cycle progression. May also phosphorylate NEK6 that's involved in G2/M cell cycle arrest.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CHEK2 |
| Uniprot: | O96017 |
| Entrez: | 11200 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

CDS1; CHEK2; CHK2 checkpoint homolog (S. pombe); Chk2; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; HuCds1; LFS2; PP1425; Rad53; S.pombe) homolog
Mass (kDA):
60.915 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q12.1 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (28687743..28741866, complement) |
High expression is found in testis, spleen, colon and peripheral blood leukocytes. Low expression is found in other tissues.
[Isoform 2]: Nucleus. Isoform 10 is present throughout the cell.; [Isoform 4]: Nucleus.; [Isoform 7]: Nucleus.; [Isoform 9]: Nucleus.; [Isoform 12]: Nucleus.; Nucleus, PML body. Nucleus, nucleoplasm. Recruited into PML bodies together with TP53.





PMID: 9836640 by Matsuoka S., et al. Linkage of ATM to cell cycle regulation by the Chk2 protein kinase.
PMID: 9889122 by Blasina A., et al. A human homologue of the checkpoint kinase Cds1 directly inhibits Cdc25 phosphatase.