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Mus musculus Protein: Lcn8
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-146852.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Lcn8
Protein Name lipocalin 8
Synonyms 9230106L18Rik; EP17; Lcn5; mEP17;
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Protein ENSMUSP00000043902
InnateDB Gene IDBG-146850 (Lcn8)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function May play a role in male fertility. May act as a retinoid carrier protein within the epididymis.
Subcellular Localization Secreted {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Predominantly expressed in epididymis. {ECO:0000269PubMed:11181548}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003674 molecular_function
Biological Process
GO:0006810 transport
GO:0009725 response to hormone
Cellular Component
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID MGI:2135945
InterPro IPR000566 Lipocalin/cytosolic fatty-acid binding domain
IPR011038 Calycin-like
PFAM PF00061
PF08212
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q924P3
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 78076
UniGene Mm.196708
RefSeq NP_149157
MGI ID
MGI Symbol Lcn8
OMIM
CCDS CCDS15786
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AF082221 BC048433
GenPept AAH48433 AAK58105

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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