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Designing a Western blot for COMT? 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 COMT Western Blot GuideFacts about Catechol O-methyltransferase.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | COMT |
| Uniprot: | P21964 |
| Entrez: | 1312 |

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

catechol O-methyltransferase; catechol-O-methyltransferase; COMT; EC 2.1.1.6
Mass (kDA):
30.037 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q11.21 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (19941772..19969975) |
Brain, liver, placenta, lymphocytes and erythrocytes.
[Isoform Soluble]: Cytoplasm.; [Isoform Membrane-bound]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein; Extracellular side.






PMID: 1707278 by Lundstroem K., et al. Cloning and characterization of human placental catechol-O- methyltransferase cDNA.
PMID: 1847521 by Bertocci B., et al. Human catechol-O-methyltransferase: cloning and expression of the membrane-associated form.