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Designing a Western blot for PDK3? 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 PDK3 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for PDK3? 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 PDK3 IHC GuideFacts about [Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring)] kinase isozyme 3, mitochondrial.
Decreases glucose utilization and increases fat metabolism in response to prolonged fasting, and as adaptation to a high-fat diet. Plays a role in glucose homeostasis and in maintaining normal blood glucose levels in function of nutrient amounts and under starvation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PDK3 |
| Uniprot: | Q15120 |
| Entrez: | 5165 |

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

EC 2.7.11.2; Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 3; pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isoenzyme 3; pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 3; pyruvate dehydrogenase, lipoamide, kinase isozyme 3, mitochondrial
Mass (kDA):
46.939 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xp22.11 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (24465286..24550466) |
Expressed in heart, skeletal muscle, spinal cord, as well as fetal and adult brain.
Mitochondrion matrix.






PMID: 7499431 by Gudi R., et al. Diversity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase gene family in humans.
PMID: 10748134 by Baker J.C., et al. Marked differences between two isoforms of human pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase.