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Designing a Western blot for LIM domain kinase 1? 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 LIMK1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for LIM domain kinase 1? 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 LIMK1 IHC GuideFacts about LIM domain kinase 1.
Activated by upstream kinases including ROCK1, PAK1 and PAK4, which phosphorylate LIMK1 on a threonine residue located in its activation loop. LIMK1 then phosphorylates and inactivates the actin binding/depolymerizing factors cofilin-1/CFL1, cofilin- 2/CFL2 and destrin/DSTN, thereby preventing the cleavage of filamentous actin (F-actin), and stabilizing the actin cytoskeleton.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LIMK1 |
| Uniprot: | P53667 |
| Entrez: | 3984 |

| Belongs to: |
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| protein kinase superfamily |

EC 2.7.11.1; LIM domain kinase 1; LIM motif-containing protein kinase; LIMKLIMK-1
Mass (kDA):
72.585 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q11.23 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (74083804..74122525) |
Highest expression in both adult and fetal nervous system. Detected ubiquitously throughout the different regions of adult brain, with highest levels in the cerebral cortex. Expressed to a lesser extent in heart and skeletal muscle.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, lamellipodium. Predominantly found in the cytoplasm. Localizes in the lamellipodium in a CDC42BPA, CDC42BPB and FAM89B/LRAP25-dependent manner.






PMID: 8183554 by Mizuno K., et al. Identification of a human cDNA encoding a novel protein kinase with two repeats of the LIM/double zinc finger motif.
PMID: 8689688 by Frangiskakis J.M., et al. LIM-kinase1 hemizygosity implicated in impaired visuospatial constructive cognition.
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