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Designing a Western blot for MZB1? 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 MZB1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for MZB1? 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.
Open the MZB1 IHC GuideFacts about Marginal zone B- and B1-cell-specific protein.
Isoform 2 may be involved in regulation of apoptosis. Helps to diversify peripheral B-cell functions by regulating Ca(2+) stores, antibody secretion and integrin activation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MZB1 |
| Uniprot: | Q8WU39 |
| Entrez: | 51237 |

| Belongs to: |
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| MZB1 family |

caspase-2 binding protein; FLJ32987; HSPC190; marginal zone B and B1 cell-specific protein; MGC29506; PACAP; pERp1; plasma cell-induced ER protein 1; plasma cell-induced resident endoplasmic reticulum protein; Plasma cell-induced resident ER protein; Proapoptotic caspase adapter protein; proapoptotic caspase adaptor protein
Mass (kDA):
20.694 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q31.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (139387467..139389913, complement) |
Widely expressed with highest levels in adult brain, small intestine and lymphoid tissues such as thymus and spleen. Expression is frequently lower in intestinal-type gastric cancer. In obese patients, more abundant in omental than in subcutaneous fat.
[Isoform 1]: Endoplasmic reticulum lumen. Secreted.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm. Diffuse granular localization in the cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus (PubMed:11350957).





PMID: 11350957 by Bonfoco E., et al. Characterization of a novel proapoptotic caspase-2- and caspase-9- binding protein.
PMID: 19805157 by Shimizu Y., et al. pERp1 is significantly up-regulated during plasma cell differentiation and contributes to the oxidative folding of immunoglobulin.