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Designing a Western blot for Synaptophysin? 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 SYP Western Blot GuideFacts about Synaptophysin.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SYP |
| Uniprot: | P08247 |
| Entrez: | 6855 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| synaptophysin/synaptobrevin family |

Major synaptic vesicle protein p38; MRX; MRXSYP; Synaptophysin; SYP
Mass (kDA):
33.845 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xp11.23 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (49187815..49200193, complement) |
Characteristic of a type of small (30-80 nm) neurosecretory vesicles, including presynaptic vesicles, but also vesicles of various neuroendocrine cells of both neuronal and epithelial phenotype.
Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, synaptic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell junction, synapse, synaptosome.





PMID: 3120152 by Suedhof T.C., et al. The cDNA and derived amino acid sequences for rat and human synaptophysin.
PMID: 1975480 by Oezcelik T., et al. Synaptophysin: structure of the human gene and assignment to the X chromosome in man and mouse.
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