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Designing a Western blot for Reticulon-4? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Reticulon-4.
Involved in down-regulation of development, insertion of wiring and restriction of plasticity in the adult CNS. Regulates the radial migration of cortical neurons through an RTN4R-LINGO1 containing receptor complex (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RTN4 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NQC3 |
| Entrez: | 57142 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

ASY; foocen; Human NogoA; KIAA0886; My043 protein; Nbla00271; Nbla10545; neurite growth inhibitor 220; Neurite outgrowth inhibitor; Neuroendocrine-specific protein C homolog; Neuroendocrine-specific protein; NI220/250; Nogo protein; NOGO-A; Nogo-B; NOGOC; Nogo-C; NOGORTN4-B1; NSP; NSP-CL; reticulon 4; reticulon 5; reticulon-4; reticulon-5; RTN4-A; RTN4-B2; RTN4-C; RTN-x
Mass (kDA):
129.931 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2p16.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (54972189..55137831, complement) |
Isoform 1 is specifically expressed in brain and testis and weakly in heart and skeletal muscle. Isoform 2 is widely expressed except for the liver. Isoform 3 is expressed in brain, skeletal muscle and adipocytes. Isoform 4 is testis- specific.
[Isoform A]: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Anchored to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through 2 putative transmembrane domains. Localizes throughout the ER tubular network (PubMed:27619977). Co-localizes with TMEM33 at the ER sheets.; [Isoform B]: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein; Extracellular side. Cell junction. Mainly located on endoplasmic reticulum tubules and sheet edges (PubMed:27786289). Upon ICAM1 engagemen






PMID: 10773680 by Yang J., et al. Assignment of the human reticulon 4 gene (RTN4) to chromosome 2p14-->2p13 by radiation hybrid mapping.
PMID: 10667780 by Prinjha R., et al. Inhibitor of neurite outgrowth in humans.