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Designing a Western blot for LRP5? 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 LRP5 Western Blot GuideFacts about Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5.
In particular, may play an essential role in the development of the posterior patterning of the epiblast during gastrulation (By similarity). During bone development, regulates osteoblast proliferation and differentiation thus determining bone mass (PubMed:11719191).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LRP5 |
| Uniprot: | O75197 |
| Entrez: | 4041 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| LDLR family |

BMND1; BMND1OPTA1; EVR1; EVR4; HBM; low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5; low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 7; low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5; LR3VBCH2; LRP5; LRP-5; LRP7; LRP7exudative vitreoretinopathy 1; OPPG; OPS; OPTA1; osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome; VBCH2
Mass (kDA):
179.145 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q13.2 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (68298866..68449275) |
Widely expressed, with the highest level of expression in the liver and in aorta.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum. Chaperoned to the plasma membrane by MESD.





PMID: 9790987 by Dong Y., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of LR3, a novel LDL receptor family protein with mitogenic activity.
PMID: 9714764 by Hey P.J., et al. Cloning of a novel member of the low-density lipoprotein receptor family.