Protein Name fatty acid binding protein 3
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 79131
Gene Symbol

Fabp3

UniProt P07483 (FABPH_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 53
Total Number of Articles : 44
Description

fatty acid binding protein 3

Gene Summary

Enables icosatetraenoic acid binding activity and long-chain fatty acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in several processes, including long-chain fatty acid transport; response to fatty acid; and response to insulin. Located in sarcoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human FABP3 (fatty acid binding protein 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, May 2025]

synonyms
  • fatty acid-binding protein, heart
  • Fatty acid binding protein 3 heart
  • H-FABP
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