Protein Name | fatty acid binding protein 3 |
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Organism | Homo sapiens |
Gene ID | 2170 |
Gene Symbol | FABP3 |
UniProt | P05413 (FABPH_HUMAN), A0A384MDY5 (A0A384MDY5_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 180 |
Description |
fatty acid binding protein 3 |
Gene Summary |
The intracellular fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) belongs to a multigene family. FABPs are divided into at least three distinct types, namely the hepatic-, intestinal- and cardiac-type. They form 14-15 kDa proteins and are thought to participate in the uptake, intracellular metabolism and/or transport of long-chain fatty acids. They may also be responsible in the modulation of cell growth and proliferation. Fatty acid-binding protein 3 gene contains four exons and its function is to arrest growth of mammary epithelial cells. This gene is a candidate tumor suppressor gene for human breast cancer. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016] |
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