InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Protein: Fabp5

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-131129.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Fabp5

Protein Name

fatty acid binding protein 5, epidermal

Synonyms

E-FABP; Fabpe; Klbp; mal1; PA-FABP;

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Protein

ENSMUSP00000029046

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-131127 (Fabp5)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

High specificity for fatty acids. Highest affinity for C18 chain length (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.

Subcellular Localization

Cytoplasm.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Most abundant in keratinocytes and also in stratified epithelia of epidermis and tongue. Relatively high levels found in adipose and mammary tissues and small amounts found in heart, brain, liver, spleen, muscle and lung.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 7 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 17 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	7 [view]
Protein-Protein	7 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	17 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0005215	transporter activity
GO:0005504	fatty acid binding
GO:0005515	protein binding

Biological Process

GO:0006006	glucose metabolic process
GO:0006629	lipid metabolic process
GO:0006656	phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process
GO:0009611	response to wounding
GO:0015758	glucose transport