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Designing a Western blot for Serpin B5? 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 SERPINB5 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Serpin B5? 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 SERPINB5 IHC GuideFacts about Serpin B5.
As it does not undergo the S (stressed) to R (relaxed) conformational transition characteristic of active serpins, it exhibits no serine protease inhibitory activity. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SERPINB5 |
| Uniprot: | P36952 |
| Entrez: | 5268 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| serpin family |

Maspin; Peptidase inhibitor 5; PI5; PI-5; PI5protease inhibitor 5 (maspin); serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin), member 5; Serpin B5; serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin), member 5
Mass (kDA):
42.1 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 18q21.33 |
| Sequence: | 18; NC_000018.10 (63476958..63505085) |
Normal mammary epithelial cells.
Secreted, extracellular space.






PMID: 8290962 by Zou Z., et al. Maspin, a serpin with tumor-suppressing activity in human mammary epithelial cells.
PMID: 7797587 by Pemberton P.A., et al. The tumor suppressor maspin does not undergo the stressed to relaxed transition or inhibit trypsin-like serine proteases. Evidence that maspin is not a protease inhibitory serpin.
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