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Designing a Western blot for Erlin-2? 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 ERLIN2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Erlin-2.
Involved in regulation of cellular cholesterol homeostasis by regulation the SREBP signaling pathway. May promote ER retention of the SCAP-SREBF complicated (PubMed:24217618).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ERLIN2 |
| Uniprot: | O94905 |
| Entrez: | 11160 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| band 7/mec-2 family |

C8orf2SPFH domain-containing protein 2; Endoplasmic reticulum lipid raft-associated protein 2; ER lipid raft associated 2; Erlin-2; MGC87072; NET32; SPFH domain family, member 2; SPFH2chromosome 8 open reading frame 2; Stomatin-prohibitin-flotillin-HflC/K domain-containing protein 2
Mass (kDA):
37.84 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p11.23 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (37736627..37758422) |
Ubiquitous.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Associated with lipid raft-like domains of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.





PMID: 10449903 by Ikegawa S., et al. Cloning and characterization of a novel gene (C8orf2), a human representative of a novel gene family with homology to C. elegans C42.C1.9.
PMID: 19240031 by Pearce M.M.P., et al. An endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane complex composed of SPFH1 and SPFH2 mediates the ER-associated degradation of inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate receptors.