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Designing a Western blot for Glutamate decarboxylase 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 GAD2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Glutamate decarboxylase 2.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GAD2 |
| Uniprot: | Q05329 |
| Entrez: | 2572 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| group II decarboxylase family |

EC 4.1.1; EC 4.1.1.15; GAD2; GAD65; GAD-65; GAD65MGC161605; glutamate decarboxylase 2 (pancreatic islets and brain, 65kD); glutamate decarboxylase 2 (pancreatic islets and brain, 65kDa); glutamate decarboxylase 2; Glutamate decarboxylase 65 kDa isoform; Glutamate decarboxylase-2 (pancreas); MGC161607,65 kDa glutamic acid decarboxylase
Mass (kDA):
65.411 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10p12.1 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (26216307..26304562) |
Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cytoplasmic vesicle. Cell junction, synapse, presynaptic cell membrane; Lipid-anchor. Golgi apparatus membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Associated to cytoplasmic vesicles. In neurons, cytosolic leaflet of Golgi membranes and presynaptic clusters.






PMID: 1924293 by Karlsen A.E., et al. Cloning and primary structure of a human islet isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase from chromosome 10.
PMID: 1549570 by Bu D.-F., et al. Two human glutamate decarboxylases, 65-kDa GAD and 67-kDa GAD, are each encoded by a single gene.
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