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Facts about Perilipin-1.
Its absence may result in leanness. Plays a role in unilocular lipid droplet formation by activating CIDEC.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PLIN1 |
Uniprot: | O60240 |
Entrez: | 5346 |
Belongs to: |
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perilipin family |
PERI; perilipin 1; Perilipin; perilipin-1; PLIN; PLIN1; PLINLipid droplet-associated protein
Mass (kDA):
55.99 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 15q26.1 |
Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (89664365..89679367, complement) |
Adipocytes.
Endoplasmic reticulum. Lipid droplet. Lipid droplet surface-associated.
PMID: 9521880 by Nishiu J., et al. Isolation and chromosomal mapping of the human homolog of perilipin (PLIN), a rat adipose tissue-specific gene, by differential display method.
PMID: 21345103 by Gandotra S., et al. Perilipin deficiency and autosomal dominant partial lipodystrophy.