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Designing an IHC experiment for Chitotriosidase-1? 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 CHIT1 IHC GuideFacts about Chitotriosidase-1.
Isoform 3 has no enzymatic activity. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CHIT1 |
| Uniprot: | Q13231 |
| Entrez: | 1118 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| glycosyl hydrolase 18 family |

CHI3; CHIT1; CHITCHI3; chitinase 1 (chitotriosidase); chitinase-1; Chitotriosidase; chitotriosidase-1; EC 3.2.1.14; FLJ00314; MGC125322; plasma methylumbelliferyl tetra-N-acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase
Mass (kDA):
51.681 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q32.1 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (203216079..203229673, complement) |
Detected in spleen. Secreted by cultured macrophages.
Secreted. Lysosome. A small proportion is lysosomal.




PMID: 7592832 by Boot R.G., et al. Cloning of a cDNA encoding chitotriosidase, a human chitinase produced by macrophages.
PMID: 7836450 by Renkema G.H., et al. Purification and characterization of human chitotriosidase, a novel member of the chitinase family of proteins.