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Designing a Western blot for TXNRD1? 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 TXNRD1 Western Blot Guide
Facts about Thioredoxin reductase 1, cytoplasmic.
Isoform 5 also mediates cell death induced by a mixture of interferon-beta and retinoic acid. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TXNRD1 |
| Uniprot: | Q16881 |
| Entrez: | 7296 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family |

EC 1.8.1; EC 1.8.1.9; Gene associated with retinoic and IFN-induced mortality 12 protein; Gene associated with retinoic and interferon-induced mortality 12 protein; GRIM12; GRIM-12; GRIM-12TR1; KDRF; KM-102-derived reductase-like factor; MGC9145; oxidoreductase; Thioredoxin Reductase 1; thioredoxin reductase 1, cytoplasmic; thioredoxin reductase GRIM-12; Thioredoxin reductase TR1; TR; TR1; TRXR1; TRXRD1; TXNR; TXNRD1; TXNRTRXR1
Mass (kDA):
70.906 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (104215779..104350307) |
Isoform 1 is expressed predominantly in Leydig cells (at protein level). Also expressed in ovary, spleen, heart, liver, kidney and pancreas and in a number of cancer cell lines. Isoform 4 is widely expressed with highest levels in kidney, testis, uterus, ovary, prostate, placenta and fetal liver.
Cytoplasm.; [Isoform 4]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus.; [Isoform 5]: Cytoplasm.






PMID: 7589432 by Gasdaska P.Y., et al. Cloning and sequencing of a human thioredoxin reductase.
PMID: 8999974 by Koishi R., et al. Cloning and characterization of a novel oxidoreductase KDRF from a human bone marrow-derived stromal cell line KM-102.