Fatty acid-binding protein

Fatty acid-binding protein

The fatty-acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are a family of carrier proteins for fatty acids and other lipophilic substances such as eicosanoids and retinoids.cite journal | author = Chmurzyńska A | title = The multigene family of fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs): function, structure and polymorphism | journal = J. Appl. Genet. | volume = 47 | issue = 1 | pages = 39–48 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16424607 | doi = | issn = | url = http://jag.igr.poznan.pl/2006-Volume-47/1/abstracts/313.html ] These proteins are thought to facilitate the transfer of fatty acids between extra- and intracellular membranes.cite journal | author = Weisiger RA | title = Cytosolic fatty acid binding proteins catalyze two distinct steps in intracellular transport of their ligands | journal = Mol. Cell. Biochem. | volume = 239 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 35–43 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12479566 | doi = 10.1023/A:1020550405578 | issn = ] Some family members are also believed to transport lipophilic molecules from outer cell membrane to certain intracellular receptors such as PPAR.cite journal | author = Tan NS, Shaw NS, Vinckenbosch N, Liu P, Yasmin R, Desvergne B, Wahli W, Noy N | title = Selective cooperation between fatty acid binding proteins and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in regulating transcription | journal = Mol. Cell. Biol. | volume = 22 | issue = 14 | pages = 5114–27 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12077340 | doi = 10.1128/MCB.22.14.5114-5127.2002 | issn = ]

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