Protein Name | fatty acid binding protein 2 |
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Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
Gene ID | 25598 |
Gene Symbol | Fabp2 |
UniProt | P02693 (FABPI_RAT) |
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Total Number of Articles : 128 |
Description |
fatty acid binding protein 2 |
Gene Summary |
Enables long-chain fatty acid binding activity and long-chain fatty acid transporter activity. Involved in fatty acid metabolic process; intestinal absorption; and long-chain fatty acid transport. Located in apical cortex; microvillus; and plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alcoholic liver cirrhosis; carotid stenosis; coronary artery disease; end stage renal disease; and obesity. Orthologous to human FABP2 (fatty acid binding protein 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] |
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