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Designing a Western blot for PTP4A2? 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 PTP4A2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for PTP4A2? 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 PTP4A2 IHC GuideFacts about Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA 2.
Inhibits geranylgeranyl transferase type II action by blocking the association between RABGGTA and RABGGTB. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PTP4A2 |
| Uniprot: | Q12974 |
| Entrez: | 8073 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein-tyrosine phosphatase family |

EC 3.1.3.48; HH13; HH7-2; HU-PP-1; HU-PP-1HH13; OV-1; OV-1PTP4A; PRL2; PRL-2; PRL-2HH7-2; PRL2protein tyrosine phosphatase IVA; protein tyrosine phosphatase IVA2; protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA 2; protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 2; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 4a2; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase of regenerating liver 2; PTP(CAAXII); PTP4A2; PTPCAAX2; PTPCAAX2phosphatase of regenerating liver 2; ptp-IV1a; ptp-IV1b
Mass (kDA):
19.127 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p35.2 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (31906421..31938368, complement) |
Ubiquitously expressed, with highest levels in skeletal muscle, heart and thymus. Overexpressed in prostate tumor tissue.
Cell membrane. Early endosome. Cytoplasm.




PMID: 8529999 by Montagna M., et al. A 100-kb physical and transcriptional map around the EDH17B2 gene: identification of three novel genes and a pseudogene of a human homologue of the rat PRL-1 tyrosine phosphatase.
PMID: 9018080 by Cates C.A., et al. Prenylation of oncogenic human PTP(CAAX) protein tyrosine phosphatases.