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Homo sapiens Protein: LCN12
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-92895.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol LCN12
Protein Name lipocalin 12
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000360696
InnateDB Gene IDBG-92891 (LCN12)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Binds all-trans retinoic acid and may act as a retinoid carrier protein within the epididymis. May play a role in male fertility (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular Localization Secreted {ECO:0000305}.
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
GO:0001972 retinoic acid binding
GO:0005215 transporter activity
Biological Process
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0006810 transport
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000566 Lipocalin/cytosolic fatty-acid binding domain
IPR002972 Prostaglandin D synthase
IPR003087 Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
IPR011038 Calycin-like
PFAM PF00061
PF08212
PRINTS PR01254
PR01275
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q6JVE5
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 286256
UniGene Hs.440519
RefSeq NP_848631
HUGO HGNC:28733
OMIM 612905
CCDS CCDS7018
HPRD 13978
IMGT
EMBL AL807752 AY301272 CH471090
GenPept AAQ81977 CAM14423 EAW88317

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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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