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Designing a Western blot for MARK2? 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 MARK2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Serine/threonine-protein kinase MARK2.
Phosphorylates the microtubule-associated protein MAPT/TAU (PubMed:23666762). Plays a key role in cell polarity by phosphorylating the microtubule-associated proteins MAP2, MAP4 and MAPT/TAU at KXGS motifs, causing detachment from microtubules, and their disassembly.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MARK2 |
| Uniprot: | Q7KZI7 |
| Entrez: | 2011 |

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

EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; ELKL motif kinase 1; ELKL motif kinase; EMK-1; EMK1PAR-1; MAP/microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 2MGC99619; PAR1 homolog; Par1b; Ser/Thr protein kinase PAR-1B; serine/threonine protein kinase EMK; serine/threonine-protein kinase MARK2
Mass (kDA):
87.911 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q13.1 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (63838928..63911020) |
High levels of expression in heart, brain, skeletal muscle and pancreas, lower levels observed in lung, liver and kidney.
Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Cytoplasm. Lateral cell membrane. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, dendrite. Cytoplasm. Phosphorylation at Thr-596 by PRKCZ/aPKC and subsequent interaction with 14-3-3 protein YWHAZ promotes relocation from the cell membrane to the cytoplasm.






PMID: 9730619 by Espinosa L., et al. Human serine/threonine protein kinase EMK1: genome structure and cDNA cloning of isoforms produced by alternative splicing.
PMID: 11433294 by Sun T.-Q., et al. PAR-1 is a Dishevelled-associated kinase and a positive regulator of Wnt signalling.