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Designing a Western blot for Prostacyclin synthase? 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 PTGIS Western Blot GuideFacts about Prostacyclin synthase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PTGIS |
| Uniprot: | Q16647 |
| Entrez: | 5740 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| cytochrome P450 family |

CYP8; CYP8A1; CYP8A1PTGI; CYP8prostacyclin synthase; EC 5.3.99.4; MGC126858; MGC126860; PGIS; PGIScytochrome P450, family 8, subfamily A, polypeptide 1; Prostacyclin Synthase; prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin) synthase; Prostaglandin I2 synthase; PTGI; PTGIS
Mass (kDA):
57.104 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (49503874..49568137, complement) |
Widely expressed; particularly abundant in ovary, heart, skeletal muscle, lung and prostate.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 8185632 by Miyata A., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human prostacyclin synthase.
PMID: 11281454 by Chevalier D., et al. Characterization of new mutations in the coding sequence and 5'- untranslated region of the human prostacyclin synthase gene (CYP8A1).