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Retinol binding protein 4

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein Q7316802

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Calycin, Retinol binding protein/Purpurin, Lipocalin/cytosolic fatty-acid binding domain, protein family, Lipocalin family conserved site, protein family[2][3][4][5]
Biological process
eye development, gluconeogenesis, heart trabecula formation, response to retinoic acid, glucose homeostasis, response to stimulus, cardiac muscle tissue development, lung development, vagina development, urinary bladder development, retinol metabolic process, embryonic organ morphogenesis, embryonic skeletal system development, retinoid metabolic process, female genitalia morphogenesis, uterus development, development of the heart, maintenance of gastrointestinal epithelium, retinol transport, embryonic retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye, response to ethanol, negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation, visual perception, positive regulation of insulin secretion, transport, retinol metabolic process
Cell component
cytosol, extracellular region, extracellular exosome, extracellular space, protein-containing complex, extracellular exosome
Encoded by
RBP4
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
Lipocalin family conserved site, Lipocalin/cytosolic fatty-acid binding domain[6][7]
Molecular function
retinol transmembrane transporter activity, transporter activity, protein binding, retinoid binding, protein heterodimerization activity, retinol binding, retinal binding, small molecule binding
🏷️ Also known as
en plasma retinol-binding protein en PRBP en RBP en RBP4 en retinol-binding protein 4 en Retinol binding protein 4 en retinol-binding protein 4, interstitial en retinol binding protein 4, plasma en Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma

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Summary

Retinol binding protein 4 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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