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Designing a Western blot for CYP51A1? 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 CYP51A1 Western Blot GuideFacts about Lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CYP51A1 |
| Uniprot: | Q16850 |
| Entrez: | 1595 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| cytochrome P450 family |

CP51; CYP51Cytochrome P450LI; CYPL1; CYPLI; Cytochrome P450 51A1; cytochrome P450, family 51, subfamily A, polypeptide 1; Cytochrome P450-14DM; EC 1.14.13.70; lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase; lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase; LDMCytochrome P45014DM; P450-14DM; P450L1,51 (lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase); Sterol 14-alpha demethylase
Mass (kDA):
56.806 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q21.2 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (92112149..92134745, complement) |
Ubiquitously expressed with highest levels in testis, ovary, adrenal, prostate, liver, kidney and lung.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass membrane protein. Microsome membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 8619637 by Stroemstedt M., et al. The ubiquitously expressed human CYP51 encodes lanosterol 14 alpha- demethylase, a cytochrome P450 whose expression is regulated by oxysterols.
PMID: 8797093 by Aoyama Y., et al. Sterol 14-demethylase P450 (P45014DM*) is one of the most ancient and conserved P450 species.