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Designing a Western blot for UGT1A6? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-6.
Isoform 3 lacks transferase activity but acts as a negative regulator of isoform 1 (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | UGT1A6 |
| Uniprot: | P19224 |
| Entrez: | 54578 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| UDP-glycosyltransferase family |

GNT1UDPGT 1-6; HLUGP; HLUGP1; MGC29860; Phenol-metabolizing UDP-glucuronosyltransferase; UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A6; UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A6; UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 family polypeptide A6s; UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-6; UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A6; UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-F; UDPGT; UGT1; UGT1*6; UGT1.6; UGT1-06; UGT1A6S; UGT-1F; UGT1FEC 2.4.1.17
Mass (kDA):
60.751 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q37.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (233691670..233773300) |
Expressed in skin. Isoforms 1 and 3 are expressed in kidney and liver. Isoform 1 but not isoform 2 is expressed in colon, esophagus and small intestine.
Microsome. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 1339448 by Ritter J.K., et al. A novel complex locus UGT1 encodes human bilirubin, phenol, and other UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isozymes with identical carboxyl termini.
PMID: 3141926 by Harding D., et al. Cloning and substrate specificity of a human phenol UDP- glucuronosyltransferase expressed in COS-7 cells.