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Designing a Western blot for PDK1? 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 PDK1 Western Blot Guide4 Citations
Facts about [Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring)] kinase isozyme 1, mitochondrial.
Plays an important role in cellular responses to hypoxia and is important for cell proliferation under hypoxia. Protects cells against apoptosis in response to hypoxia and oxidative stress.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PDK1 |
| Uniprot: | Q15118 |
| Entrez: | 5163 |

| Belongs to: |
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| PDK/BCKDK protein kinase family |

EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.2; mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase, lipoamide, kinase isoenzyme 1; PDH kinase 1; PDK1; PDK-1; PKB kinase; Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 1; pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isoenzyme 1; pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 1; Pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase isozyme 1, mitochondrial
Mass (kDA):
49.244 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q31.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (172555373..172672698) |
Expressed predominantly in the heart. Detected at lower levels in liver, skeletal muscle and pancreas.
Mitochondrion matrix.






PMID: 7499431 by Gudi R., et al. Diversity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase gene family in humans.
PMID: 18541534 by McFate T., et al. Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity controls metabolic and malignant phenotype in cancer cells.
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