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Designing a Western blot for SLC40A1? 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 SLC40A1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for SLC40A1? 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 SLC40A1 IHC GuideFacts about Solute carrier family 40 member 1.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SLC40A1 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NP59 |
| Entrez: | 30061 |

| Belongs to: |
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| ferroportin (FP) (TC 2.A.100) family |

Ferroportin; Ferroportin-1; FPN1; FPN1IREG1ferroportin 1; HFE4; HFE4ferroportin-1; IREG1; Iron-regulated transporter 1; member 3; MST079; MTP1; putative ferroportin 1 variant IIIB; SLC11A3; SLC11A3iron regulated gene 1; SLC40A1; solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters); solute carrier family 40 (iron-regulated transporter), member 1; solute carrier family 40 member 1
Mass (kDA):
62.542 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q32.2 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (189560590..189580811, complement) |
Detected in erythrocytes (at protein level). Expressed in placenta, intestine, muscle and spleen.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Localized to the basolateral membrane of polarized epithelial cells.






PMID: 10747949 by Abboud S., et al. A novel mammalian iron-regulated protein involved in intracellular iron metabolism.
PMID: 10882071 by McKie A.T., et al. A novel duodenal iron-regulated transporter, IREG1, implicated in the basolateral transfer of iron to the circulation.