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Designing a Western blot for MAP3K5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 5.
Mediates signaling for determination of cell fate like differentiation and survival. Plays a crucial role in the apoptosis signal transduction pathway through mitochondria-dependent caspase activation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MAP3K5 |
| Uniprot: | Q99683 |
| Entrez: | 4217 |

| Belongs to: |
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| protein kinase superfamily |

Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1; ASK1; ASK-1; ASK1MEKK 5; EC 2.7.11; MAP/ERK kinase kinase 5; MAP3K5; MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 5; MAPKKK5EC 2.7.11.25; MEK kinase 5; MEKK5; MEKK5apoptosis signal regulating kinase 1; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 5
Mass (kDA):
154.537 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (136557046..136793098, complement) |
Abundantly expressed in heart and pancreas.
Cytoplasm. Endoplasmic reticulum. Interaction with 14-3-3 proteins alters the distribution of MAP3K5/ASK1 and restricts it to the perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum region.






PMID: 8940179 by Wang X.S., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel protein kinase with a catalytic domain homologous to mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase.
PMID: 8974401 by Ichijo H., et al. Induction of apoptosis by ASK1, a mammalian MAPKKK that activates SAPK/JNK and p38 signaling pathways.