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Designing a Western blot for Kinesin-1 heavy chain? 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 KIF5B Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Kinesin-1 heavy chain? 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 KIF5B IHC GuideFacts about Kinesin-1 heavy chain.
Regulates centrosome and nuclear positioning during mitotic entry. During the G2 stage of the cell cycle at a BICD2-dependent manner, antagonizes dynein function and drives the separation of nuclei and centrosomes (PubMed:20386726).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KIF5B |
| Uniprot: | P33176 |
| Entrez: | 3799 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily |

Conventional kinesin heavy chain; kinesin family member 5B; kinesin-1 heavy chain; KNS1kinesin 1 (110-120kD); KNSKINH; Ubiquitous kinesin heavy chain; UKHCkinesin heavy chain
Mass (kDA):
109.685 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10p11.22 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (32009015..32056425, complement) |
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Uniformly distributed between soma and neurites in hippocampal neurons.





PMID: 1607388 by Navone F., et al. Cloning and expression of a human kinesin heavy chain gene: interaction of the COOH-terminal domain with cytoplasmic microtubules in transfected CV-1 cells.
PMID: 15459722 by Su Q., et al. Syntabulin is a microtubule-associated protein implicated in syntaxin transport in neurons.