Protein Name perilipin 1
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 103968
Gene Symbol

Plin1

UniProt Q8CGN5 (PLIN1_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 51
Total Number of Articles : 46
Description

perilipin 1

Gene Summary

Acts upstream of or within cellular response to cold and lipid catabolic process. Located in cytosol and lipid droplet. Is expressed in blood vessel and connective tissue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial partial lipodystrophy type 4 and obesity. Orthologous to human PLIN1 (perilipin 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • perilipin-1
  • lipid droplet-associated protein
  • perilipin A
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Properties