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Designing a Western blot for Chymase? 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 CMA1 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Chymase? 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 CMA1 IHC GuideFacts about Chymase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CMA1 |
| Uniprot: | P23946 |
| Entrez: | 1215 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase S1 family |

Alpha-chymase; chymase 1 preproprotein transcript E; chymase 1 preproprotein transcript I; chymase 1, mast cell; Chymase; chymase, heart; chymase, mast cell; CMA1; CYH; CYM; EC 3.4.21; EC 3.4.21.39; Mast cell protease I; MCP3P; Mcpt5; MCT1; MGC119890; MGC119891
Mass (kDA):
27.325 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14q12 |
| Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (24505353..24508265, complement) |
Mast cells in lung, heart, skin and placenta. Expressed in both normal skin and in urticaria pigmentosa lesions.
Secreted. Cytoplasmic granule. Mast cell granules.





PMID: 2071582 by Caughey G.H., et al. Structure, chromosomal assignment, and deduced amino acid sequence of a human gene for mast cell chymase.
PMID: 1894611 by Urata H., et al. Cloning of the gene and cDNA for human heart chymase.