The mammalian fatty acid-binding protein multigene family: molecular and genetic insights into function

Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Jul;11(5):175-80. doi: 10.1016/s1043-2760(00)00257-5.

Abstract

Intracellular fatty acid-binding proteins associate with fatty acids and other hydrophobic biomolecules in an internal cavity, providing for solubilization and metabolic trafficking. Analyses of their in vivo function by molecular and genetic techniques reveal specific function(s) that fatty acid-binding proteins perform with respect to fatty acid uptake, oxidation and overall metabolic homeostasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics*
  • Carrier Proteins / physiology
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
  • Humans
  • Multigene Family / physiology*
  • Neoplasm Proteins*
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins*

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • FABP7 protein, human
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins