Title : Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase is critical for cellular uptake of vitamin A from serum retinol-binding protein.

Pub. Date : 2012 Jul 13

PMID : 22637576






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1 Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase is critical for cellular uptake of vitamin A from serum retinol-binding protein. Vitamin A lecithin-retinol acyltransferase (phosphatidylcholine-retinol-O-acyltransferase) Mus musculus
2 Here we show in mice that cellular uptake of vitamin A from holo-RBP depends on functional coupling of STRA6 with intracellular lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT). Vitamin A lecithin-retinol acyltransferase (phosphatidylcholine-retinol-O-acyltransferase) Mus musculus
3 Thus, vitamin A uptake from recombinant holo-RBP exhibited by wild type mice was impaired in Lrat(-/-) mice. Vitamin A lecithin-retinol acyltransferase (phosphatidylcholine-retinol-O-acyltransferase) Mus musculus