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Designing an IHC experiment for GATM? 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 GATM IHC GuideFacts about Glycine amidinotransferase, mitochondrial.
May play a role in embryonic and central nervous system development. May be involved in the response to heart failure by elevating local creatine synthesis.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GATM |
| Uniprot: | P50440 |
| Entrez: | 2628 |

| Belongs to: |
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| amidinotransferase family |

AGATtransamidinase; AT; EC 2.1.4; EC 2.1.4.1; glycine amidinotransferase (L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase); glycine amidinotransferase, mitochondrial; L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase; Transamidinase
Mass (kDA):
48.455 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q21.1 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (45361124..45402227, complement) |
Expressed in brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, salivary gland and skeletal muscle tissue, with the highest expression in kidney. Biallelically expressed in placenta and fetal tissues.
[Isoform 1]: Mitochondrion inner membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Intermembrane side. Probably attached to the outer side of the inner membrane.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm.




PMID: 8313955 by Humm A., et al. The amino acid sequences of human and pig L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase.
PMID: 3800397 by Gross M.D., et al. The purification and characterization of human kidney L- arginine:glycine amidinotransferase.