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Designing a Western blot for CLCN5? 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 CLCN5 Western Blot GuideFacts about H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 5.
Important for normal acidification of the endosome lumen. May play an essential role in renal tubular function.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CLCN5 |
| Uniprot: | P51795 |
| Entrez: | 1184 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| chloride channel (TC 2.A.49) family |

chloride channel 5; Chloride channel protein 5; Chloride transporter ClC-5; CLC5; clC-5; CLCK2NPHL2; DENTSNPHL1; H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 5; hCIC-K2; hClC-K2; nephrolithiasis 1 (X-linked); nephrolithiasis 2, X-linked; XLRH; XRN
Mass (kDA):
83.147 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xp11.23 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (49922596..50099235) |
Kidney. Moderately expressed in aortic vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells, and at a slightly higher level in the coronary vascular smooth muscle.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Endosome membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 8575751 by Fisher S.E., et al. Cloning and characterization of CLCN5, the human kidney chloride channel gene implicated in Dent disease (an X-linked hereditary nephrolithiasis).
PMID: 7874126 by Fisher S., et al. Isolation and partial characterization of a chloride channel gene which is expressed in kidney and is a candidate for Dent's disease (an X-linked hereditary nephrolithiasis).