HDLBP

High density lipoprotein binding protein

PDB rendering based on 1vig.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols HDLBP ; HBP; PRO2900; VGL
External IDs OMIM: 142695 MGI: 99256 HomoloGene: 38035 GeneCards: HDLBP Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3069 110611
Ensembl ENSG00000115677 ENSMUSG00000034088
UniProt Q00341 Q8VDJ3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001243900 NM_001301364
RefSeq (protein) NP_001230829 NP_001288293
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
241.23 – 241.32 Mb
Chr 1:
93.41 – 93.48 Mb
PubMed search

Vigilin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HDLBP gene.[1][2][3]

High density lipoprotein-binding protein, also known as vigilin, is a 110-kD protein that specifically binds HDL molecules and may function in the removal of excess cellular cholesterol.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. McKnight GL, Reasoner J, Gilbert T, Sundquist KO, Hokland B, McKernan PA, Champagne J, Johnson CJ, Bailey MC, Holly R; et al. (Jul 1992). "Cloning and expression of a cellular high density lipoprotein-binding protein that is up-regulated by cholesterol loading of cells". J Biol Chem 267 (17): 12131–41. PMID 1318310.
  2. Xia YR, Klisak I, Sparkes RS, Oram J, Lusis AJ (Jul 1993). "Localization of the gene for high-density lipoprotein binding protein (HDLBP) to human chromosome 2q37". Genomics 16 (2): 524–5. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1221. PMID 8390966.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HDLBP high density lipoprotein binding protein (vigilin)".

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