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Facts about Lipocalin-1.
Can bind many ligands, with chemical structures which range from lipids and retinoids to the macrocyclic antibiotic rifampicin and even to microbial siderophores. Exhibits a very wide ligand pocket.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | LCN1 |
Uniprot: | P31025 |
Entrez: | 3933 |
Belongs to: |
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calycin superfamily |
LCN1; lipocalin 1 (tear prealbumin); lipocalin 1-like 2; Lipocalin1; Lipocalin-1; MGC71975; PMFA; Tear lipocalin; Tear Prealbumin; TLC; TPVon Ebner gland protein; VEG protein; VEGP; VEGPlipocalin 1 (protein migrating faster than albumin, tear prealbumin)
Mass (kDA):
19.25 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9q34.3 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (135521296..135526540) |
Mainly expressed in lachrymal and salivary glands. Also expressed in the prostate.
Secreted.
PMID: 7679926 by Blaeker M., et al. Molecular cloning of human von Ebner's gland protein, a member of the lipocalin superfamily highly expressed in lingual salivary glands.
PMID: 1400345 by Redl B., et al. cDNA cloning and sequencing reveals human tear prealbumin to be a member of the lipophilic-ligand carrier protein superfamily.