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Homo sapiens Protein: LCN8
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-92634.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol LCN8
Protein Name lipocalin 8
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000360753
InnateDB Gene IDBG-92628 (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
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
Biological Process
GO:0006810 transport
GO:0009725 response to hormone
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
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 Q6JVE9
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 138307
UniGene Hs.323991
RefSeq NP_848564
HUGO HGNC:27038
OMIM 612902
CCDS CCDS35183
HPRD 18549
IMGT
EMBL AL355987 AY301268 BC130465 BC132714 CH471090
GenPept AAI30466 AAI32715 AAQ81973 CAI12677 EAW88265

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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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