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Designing an IHC experiment for LRP1? 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.
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Facts about Prolow-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1.
Involved in cellular lipid homeostasis. Involved in the plasma clearance of chylomicron remnants and triggered LRPAP1 (alpha 2-macroglobulin), as well as the local metabolism of complexes between plasminogen activators and their endogenous inhibitors.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LRP1 |
| Uniprot: | Q07954 |
| Entrez: | 4035 |

| Belongs to: |
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| LDLR family |

A2MR; Alpha-2-Macroglobulin Receptor; APOER; Apolipoprotein E receptor; APR; CD91 antigen; CD91; EC 1.1.1.94; EC 3.4.21.9; IGFBP3R; low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1; LRP; LRP-1; LRP1A; prolow-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1; TbetaR-V/LRP-1/IGFBP-3 receptor; TGFBR5; type V tgf-beta receptor
Mass (kDA):
504.606 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.3 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (57128401..57213377) |
Most abundant in liver, brain and lung.
[Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 85 kDa subunit]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Membrane, coated pit.; [Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 515 kDa subunit]: Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Extracellular side. Membrane, coated pit.; [Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 intracellular domain]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. After cleavage, the intracellular domain (LRPICD) is detected both in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus.; Postsynaptic Golgi apparatus. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center. Localizes to





PMID: 3266596 by Herz J., et al. Surface location and high affinity for calcium of a 500-kd liver membrane protein closely related to the LDL-receptor suggest a physiological role as lipoprotein receptor.
PMID: 7534747 by Van Leuven F., et al. Structure of the gene (LRP1) coding for the human alpha 2- macroglobulin receptor lipoprotein receptor-related protein.
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