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Designing a Western blot for RAB6A? 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 RAB6A Western Blot GuideFacts about Ras-related protein Rab-6A.
Has a very low GTPase activity. Involved in COPI-independent retrograde transport from the Golgi to the ER (PubMed:25962623).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RAB6A |
| Uniprot: | P20340 |
| Entrez: | 5870 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| small GTPase superfamily |

GTP-binding protein RAB6A'; GTP-binding protein RAB6B; Oncogene RAB6; Rab GTPase; Rab-6; RAB6, member RAS oncogene family; Rab6A variant 3; RAB6A'; RAB6A, member RAS oncogene family; RAB6B; RAB6rab-6; ras-related protein Rab-6A
Mass (kDA):
23.593 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q13.4 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (73675638..73761074, complement) |
Ubiquitous.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Lipid-anchor. BICD2 facilitates its targeting to Golgi apparatus membrane.; [Isoform 1]: Golgi apparatus membrane; Lipid-anchor.; [Isoform 2]: Golgi apparatus membrane; Lipid-anchor.






PMID: 2501306 by Zahraoui A., et al. The human Rab genes encode a family of GTP-binding proteins related to yeast YPT1 and SEC4 products involved in secretion.
PMID: 10996854 by Caillol N., et al. Impairment of bile salt-dependent lipase secretion in human pancreatic tumoral SOJ-6 cells.