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Designing a Western blot for PRAME? 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 PRAME Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for PRAME? 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 PRAME IHC GuideFacts about Melanoma antigen preferentially expressed in tumors.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PRAME |
| Uniprot: | P78395 |
| Entrez: | 23532 |

| Belongs to: |
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| PRAME family |

cancer/testis antigen 130; MAPEOIP4CT130; melanoma antigen preferentially expressed in tumors; OIP-4; Opa-interacting protein 4; Opa-interacting protein OIP4; preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma; Preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma
Mass (kDA):
57.89 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q11.22 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (22547696..22559361, complement) |
Expressed in testis. Detected in samples of kidney, brain and skin.
Nucleus. Cell membrane.





PMID: 9047241 by Ikeda H., et al. Characterization of an antigen that is recognized on a melanoma showing partial HLA loss by CTL expressing an NK inhibitory receptor.
PMID: 9466265 by Williams J.M., et al. Using the yeast two-hybrid system to identify human epithelial cell proteins that bind gonococcal Opa proteins: intracellular gonococci bind pyruvate kinase via their Opa proteins and require host pyruvate for growth.