Apolipoprotein C2

Apolipoprotein C2

protein
Name=apolipoprotein C-II
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HGNCid=609
Symbol=APOC2
AltSymbols=
EntrezGene=344
OMIM=608083
RefSeq=NM_000483
UniProt=P02655
PDB=
ECnumber=
Chromosome=19
Arm=q
Band=13.2
LocusSupplementaryData=

Apolipoprotein C2 is an apolipoprotein responsible for the activation of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in capillariescite journal |author=Kim SY, Park SM, Lee ST |title=Apolipoprotein C-II is a novel substrate for matrix metalloproteinases |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=339 |issue=1 |pages=47–54 |year=2006 |pmid=16314153 |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.182] and thus begins the catabolism of the chylomicrons and VLDL.

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