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Designing a Western blot for Fatty acid synthase? 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 FASN Western Blot Guide9 Citations
Facts about Fatty acid synthase.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FASN |
| Uniprot: | P49327 |
| Entrez: | 2194 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

EC 2.3.1; EC 2.3.1.85; EC 6.3.3.1; FASN; FASshort chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 27X, member 1; Fatty Acid Synthase; MGC14367; MGC15706; OA-519; SDR27X1
Mass (kDA):
273.427 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q25.3 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (82078338..82098303, complement) |
Ubiquitous. Prominent expression in brain, lung, and liver.
Cytoplasm. Melanosome. Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV.






PMID: 7567999 by Jayakumar A., et al. Human fatty acid synthase: properties and molecular cloning.
PMID: 8022791 by Kuhajda F.P., et al. Fatty acid synthesis: a potential selective target for antineoplastic therapy.
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