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Designing a Western blot for MAPK7? 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 MAPK7 Western Blot Guide1 Citations
Facts about Mitogen-activated protein kinase 7.
EGF activates MAPK7 through a Ras- independent and MAP2K5-dependent pathway. May have a role in muscle cell differentiation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MAPK7 |
| Uniprot: | Q13164 |
| Entrez: | 5598 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

Big MAP kinase 1; BMK1 kinase; BMK1; BMK-1; BMK1EC 2.7.11.24; EC 2.7.11; ERK5; ERK-5; ERK5MAPK 7; Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5; extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 5; MAP kinase 7; MAPK7; mitogen-activated protein kinase 7; PRKM7ERK4
Mass (kDA):
88.386 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (19377721..19383544) |
Expressed in many adult tissues. Abundant in heart, placenta, lung, kidney and skeletal muscle. Not detectable in liver.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Nucleus, PML body. Translocates to the nucleus upon activation.





PMID: 7646528 by Lee J.-D., et al. Primary structure of BMK1: a new mammalian map kinase.
PMID: 7759517 by Zhou G., et al. Components of a new human protein kinase signal transduction pathway.
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