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Facts about Apolipoprotein B receptor.
May provide essential lipids to reticuloendothelial cells. Could also be involved in foam cell formation with elevated TRL and remnant lipoprotein (RLP).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | APOBR |
| Uniprot: | Q0VD83 |
| Entrez: | 55911 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

APOB100R; apoB-48R; APOB48Rapolipoprotein B48 receptor; apolipoprotein B receptor; Apolipoprotein B-100 receptor; Apolipoprotein B-48 receptor
Mass (kDA):
115.634 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p12.1 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (28494643..28498964) |
Expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes > bone marrow = spleen > lymph node, and only faintly visible in appendix and thymus. Expressed in the brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, and placenta. Expressed primarily by reticuloendothelial cells: monocytes, macrophages, and endothelial cells. Expressed in atherosclerotic lesion foam cells.
Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Binds monocyte-macrophage membrane. Thought to be anchored in the membrane through an interaction with an integral membrane protein.


PMID: 10852956 by Brown M.L., et al. A macrophage receptor for apolipoprotein B48: cloning, expression, and atherosclerosis.
PMID: 10191299 by Bradley W.A., et al. Antipeptide antibodies reveal interrelationships of MBP 200 and MBP 235: unique apoB-specific receptors for triglyceride-rich lipoproteins on human monocyte-macrophages.