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Designing a Western blot for L-dopachrome tautomerase? 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 DCT Western Blot GuideFacts about L-dopachrome tautomerase.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DCT |
| Uniprot: | P40126 |
| Entrez: | 1638 |

| Belongs to: |
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| tyrosinase family |

dopachrome delta-isomerase; dopachrome tautomerase (dopachrome delta-isomerase, tyrosine-related protein 2); DT; EC 5.3.3.12; L-dopachrome tautomerase; TRP2; TRP-2; Tyrosinase-related protein 2; TYRP2; TYRP2L-dopachrome Delta-isomerase
Mass (kDA):
59.145 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 13q32.1 |
| Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (94436811..94549406, complement) |
Melanosome membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Melanosome. Proper trafficking to melanosome is regulated by SGSM2, ANKRD27, RAB9A, RAB32 and RAB38.





PMID: 8148378 by Yokoyama K., et al. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a cDNA coding for human DOPAchrome tautomerase/tyrosinase-related protein-2.
PMID: 8206391 by Cassady J.L., et al. Sequence of the human dopachrome tautomerase-encoding TRP-2 cDNA.