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Designing a Western blot for Dynactin subunit 1? 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 DCTN1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Dynactin subunit 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 DCTN1 IHC GuideFacts about Dynactin subunit 1.
Critical for targeting dynein to microtubule plus ends, recruitment dynein to membranous cargos and enhancing dynein processivity (the ability to move along a microtubule for a long distance without falling off the trail ). Can also act as a brake to slow the dynein motor during motility along the microtubule (PubMed:25185702).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DCTN1 |
| Uniprot: | Q14203 |
| Entrez: | 1639 |

| Belongs to: |
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| dynactin 150 kDa subunit family |

DAP-150; DCTN1; DP-150; dynactin 1 (p150, Glued (Drosophila) homolog); Dynactin 1; Dynactin Subunit 1; glued homolog, Drosophila); HMN7B; p135; p150 Glued (Drosophila) homolog; p150-glued
Mass (kDA):
141.695 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2p13.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (74361154..74392087, complement) |
Brain.
Cytoplasm. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, centriole. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. Nucleus envelope. Cytoplasm, cell cortex. Localizes to microtubule plus ends (PubMed:17828277, PubMed:22777741, PubMed:25774020). Localizes preferentially to the ends of tyrosinated microtubules (PubMed:26972003). Localization at centrosome is regulated by SLK-dependent phosphorylation (PubMed:23985322). Localizes to centrosome in a PARKDA-dependent manner (PubMed:20719959). Local






PMID: 9799602 by Collin G.B., et al. Human DCTN1: genomic structure and evaluation as a candidate for Alstrom syndrome.
PMID: 8838327 by Holzbaur E.L.F., et al. Localization of the DCTN1 gene encoding p150Glued to human chromosome 2p13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.