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cholesteryl ester transfer protein

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q424706

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
cholesteryl ester transfer, Bactericidal permeability-increasing protein, alpha/beta domain superfamily, Lipid binding protein BPI/LBP, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, C-terminal domain, protein family, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, N-terminal domain, protein family, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, conserved site, protein family[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Biological process
steroid metabolic process, phospholipid homeostasis, lipid transport, lipid metabolism, phospholipid transport, cholesterol transport, cholesterol metabolic process, regulation of cholesterol efflux, lipid homeostasis, very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, triglyceride transport, cholesterol homeostasis, phosphatidylcholine metabolic process, triglyceride metabolic process, negative regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation, triglyceride homeostasis, reverse cholesterol transport, low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, transport, triglyceride metabolic process, cholesterol metabolic process, regulation of cholesterol efflux, triglyceride transport, very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling, cholesterol homeostasis, phosphatidylcholine metabolic process, phospholipid homeostasis, triglyceride homeostasis
Cell component
vesicle, extracellular region, high-density lipoprotein particle, extracellular exosome, extracellular space, vesicle, high-density lipoprotein particle, extracellular exosome
Encoded by
CETP
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, N-terminal, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, conserved site, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, C-terminal[8][9][10]
Has parts
Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, N-terminal, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, conserved site, Lipid-binding serum glycoprotein, C-terminal
Molecular function
triglyceride binding, phosphatidylcholine binding, lipid transporter activity, phospholipid transporter activity, cholesterol binding, cholesterol transfer activity, lipid binding, phospholipid transporter activity, cholesterol binding, cholesterol transfer activity, triglyceride binding, phosphatidylcholine binding[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en cholesteryl ester transfer protein en lipid transfer protein I en cholesteryl ester transfer protein plasma en BPI fold containing family F en CETP en cholesterol ester transfer proteins ar البروتين الناقل لإستر الكوليسترول de Cholesterinester-Transferprotein de CETP es Proteína de transferencia de éster de colesterol fr CETP fr protéine de transfert des esters de cholestérol it Proteina per il trasferimento degli esteri del colesterolo ja コレステリルエステル転送タンパク質 ja コレステリルエステル転送蛋白 ja 血漿脂質輸送タンパク質 nl Cholesteryl ester transfer proteine nl Cholesteryl ester transfer proteïne pt Proteína de transferência de colesterol esterificado ru Транспортный белок сложного эфира холестерина
🔖 Identifiers · 9
OpenAlex ID
C45505151
Ensembl protein ID
ENSP00000369106, ENSP00000200676, ENSP00000456276
Exact match
purl.uniprot.org
Freebase ID
/m/08xx8w
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
45505151
PDB structure ID
4F2A, 2OBD, 4EWS
RefSeq protein ID
NP_000069, NP_001273014, XP_006721187
Transporter Classification Database ID
1.C.40.1.8
UniProt protein ID
P11597

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🔗 Connections
Cell component 5
vesicle, vesicle, extracellular exosome, extracellular exosome, extracellular space
Biological process 1
lipid metabolism
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
protein
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Summary

cholesteryl ester transfer protein is a protein[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein has binding sites for neutral lipids and phospholipids. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein has binding sites for neutral lipids and phospholipids. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein has binding sites for neutral lipids and phospholipids. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein has binding sites for neutral lipids and phospholipids. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein has binding sites for neutral lipids and phospholipids. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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