APOF
Apolipoprotein F is a protein that in humans is encoded for by the APOF gene.[3][4]
The product of this gene is one of the minor apolipoproteins found in plasma. This protein forms complexes with lipoproteins and may be involved in transport and/or esterification of cholesterol.[4]
References
Further reading
- Morton RE, Gnizak HM, Greene DJ, et al. (2008). "Lipid transfer inhibitor protein (apolipoprotein F) concentration in normolipidemic and hyperlipidemic subjects". J. Lipid Res. 49 (1): 127–35. doi:10.1194/jlr.M700258-JLR200. PMID 17901467.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928
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- Kabbara A, Payet N, Cottel D, et al. (2004). "Exclusion of CYP46 and APOM as candidate genes for Alzheimer's disease in a French population". Neurosci. Lett. 363 (2): 139–43. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.066. PMID 15172102.
- Anderson NL, Polanski M, Pieper R, et al. (2004). "The human plasma proteome: a nonredundant list developed by combination of four separate sources". Mol. Cell Proteomics. 3 (4): 311–26. doi:10.1074/mcp.M300127-MCP200. PMID 14718574.
- Paromov VM, Morton RE (2003). "Lipid transfer inhibitor protein defines the participation of high density lipoprotein subfractions in lipid transfer reactions mediated by cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP)". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (42): 40859–66. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306580200. PMID 12907677.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Wang X, Driscoll DM, Morton RE (1999). "Molecular cloning and expression of lipid transfer inhibitor protein reveals its identity with apolipoprotein F". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (3): 1814–20. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.3.1814. PMID 9880564.
- Koren E, McConathy WJ, Alaupovic P (1983). "Isolation and characterization of simple and complex lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein F from human plasma". Biochemistry. 21 (21): 5347–51. doi:10.1021/bi00264a035. PMID 6816269.
- Olofsson SO, McConathy WJ, Alaupovic P (1978). "Isolation and partial characterization of a new acidic apolipoprotein (apolipoprotein F) from high density lipoproteins of human plasma". Biochemistry. 17 (6): 1032–6. doi:10.1021/bi00599a014. PMID 204339.
