ID:FABPI_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Fatty acid-binding protein, intestinal; AltName: Full=Fatty acid-binding protein 2; AltName: Full=Intestinal-type fatty acid-binding protein; Short=I-FABP; FUNCTION: FABP are thought to play a role in the intracellular transport of long-chain fatty acids and their acyl-CoA esters. FABP2 is probably involved in triglyceride-rich lipoprotein synthesis. Binds saturated long-chain fatty acids with a high affinity, but binds with a lower affinity to unsaturated long- chain fatty acids. FABP2 may also help maintain energy homeostasis by functioning as a lipid sensor. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in the small intestine and at much lower levels in the large intestine. Highest expression levels in the jejunum. INDUCTION: By EGF. DOMAIN: Forms a beta-barrel structure that accommodates the hydrophobic ligand in its interior. SIMILARITY: Belongs to the calycin superfamily. Fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) family.
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P12104
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.