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Designing a Western blot for Insulin-degrading enzyme? 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 IDE Western Blot Guide3 Citations
Facts about Insulin-degrading enzyme.
May play a role in the degradation and clearance of naturally secreted amyloid beta-protein by neurons and microglia. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IDE |
| Uniprot: | P14735 |
| Entrez: | 3416 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase M16 family |

Abeta-degrading protease; EC 3.4.24; EC 3.4.24.56; FLJ35968; IDE; INSDEGM; Insulin protease; Insulinase; insulin-degrading enzyme; Insulysin
Mass (kDA):
117.968 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q23.33 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (92451684..92574095, complement) |
Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cell membrane. Secreted. Present at the cell surface of neuron cells. The membrane-associated isoform is approximately 5 kDa larger than the known cytosolic isoform.






PMID: 3059494 by Affholter J.A., et al. Human insulin-degrading enzyme shares structural and functional homologies with E. coli protease III.
PMID: 2293021 by Affholter J.A., et al. Insulin-degrading enzyme: stable expression of the human complementary DNA, characterization of its protein product, and chromosomal mapping of the human and mouse genes.
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