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Designing a Western blot for SPAG5? 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 SPAG5 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for SPAG5? 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 SPAG5 IHC GuideFacts about Sperm-associated antigen 5.
May contribute to the regulation of separase activity. May govern AURKA localization to mitotic spindle, but not to centrosomes and CCNB1 localization to both mitotic spindle and centrosomes (PubMed:18361916, PubMed:21402792).
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | SPAG5 |
| Uniprot: | Q96R06 |
| Entrez: | 10615 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

Astrin; DEEPEST; hMAP126; MAP126mitotic spindle coiled-coil related protein; mitotic spindle associated protein p126; Mitotic spindle-associated protein p126; sperm associated antigen 5; sperm-associated antigen 5
Mass (kDA):
134.422 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (28577574..28599025, complement) |
Highly expressed in testis. Detected at low levels in placenta, liver, pancreas, thymus and colon.
Cytoplasm. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle pole. Chromosome, centromere, kinetochore. Midbody. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome. Cytoplasmic granule. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, centriolar satellite. Colocalizes with PCM1 at centriolar satellites throughout the cell cycle (PubMed:26297806). In a punctate pattern in interphase cells. During mitosis, detected at spindle poles during prophase, throughout the spindle in metaphase and anaphase, and at midzone microtu






PMID: 11724960 by Mack G.J., et al. Analysis of mitotic microtubule-associated proteins using mass spectrometry identifies astrin, a spindle-associated protein.
PMID: 11549262 by Chang M.-S., et al. Cloning and characterization of hMAP126, a new member of mitotic spindle-associated proteins.