HDLBP

High density lipoprotein binding protein

PDB rendering based on 1vig.
Identifiers
Symbols HDLBP; FLJ16432; HBP; PRO2900; VGL
External IDs OMIM142695 MGI99256 HomoloGene38035 GeneCards: HDLBP Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3069 110611
Ensembl ENSG00000115677 ENSMUSG00000034088
UniProt Q00341 A0PJE9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005336.3 NM_133808.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_005327.1 NP_598569.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
242.17 – 242.26 Mb
Chr 1:
95.3 – 95.38 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Vigilin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HDLBP gene.[1][2][3]

High density lipoprotein-binding protein, also known as vigilin, is a 110-kD protein that specifically binds HDL molecules and may function in the removal of excess cellular cholesterol.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. ^ McKnight GL, Reasoner J, Gilbert T, Sundquist KO, Hokland B, McKernan PA, Champagne J, Johnson CJ, Bailey MC, Holly R, et al. (Jul 1992). "Cloning and expression of a cellular high density lipoprotein-binding protein that is up-regulated by cholesterol loading of cells". J Biol Chem 267 (17): 12131–41. PMID 1318310. 
  2. ^ Xia YR, Klisak I, Sparkes RS, Oram J, Lusis AJ (Jul 1993). "Localization of the gene for high-density lipoprotein binding protein (HDLBP) to human chromosome 2q37". Genomics 16 (2): 524–5. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1221. PMID 8390966. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: HDLBP high density lipoprotein binding protein (vigilin)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3069. 

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