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Facts about BPI fold-containing family B member 4.
May serve as a primary defense mechanism by recognizing and eliminating potentially harmful odorants or pathogenic microorganisms from the mucosa or clearing excess odorant from mucus to empower new odorant stimulation to be received (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | BPIFB4 |
| Uniprot: | P59827 |
| Entrez: | 149954 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| BPI/LBP/Plunc superfamily |

BPI fold containing family B, member 4; BPI fold-containing family B member 4; dJ726C3.5; ligand-binding protein RY2G5; likely ortholog of rat probable ligand-binding protein RY2G5; long palate, lung and nasal epithelium carcinoma associated 4; LPLUNC4; lung and nasal epithelium carcinoma-associated protein 4; RY2G5
Mass (kDA):
65.055 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q11.21 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (33081512..33111751) |
Expressed in nasal tissue.
Secreted. Cytoplasm.


PMID: 12837268 by Andrault J.-B., et al. Expansion of the BPI family by duplication on human chromosome 20: characterization of the RY gene cluster in 20q11.21 encoding olfactory transporters/antimicrobial-like peptides.
PMID: 11971875 by Bingle C.D., et al. PLUNC: a novel family of candidate host defence proteins expressed in the upper airways and nasopharynx.