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Facts about Fatty acid-binding protein, intestinal.
Binds saturated long-chain fatty acids with a high affinity, but binds with a lower affinity to unsaturated long- chain fatty acids. FABP2 may also help maintain energy homeostasis by functioning as a lipid sensor.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FABP2 |
| Uniprot: | P12104 |
| Entrez: | 2169 |

| Belongs to: |
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| calycin superfamily |

FABP2; FABPI; fatty acid binding protein 2, intestinal; Fatty acid-binding protein 2; fatty acid-binding protein, intestinal; IFABP; I-FABP; I-FABPMGC133132; Intestinal FABP; Intestinal-type fatty acid-binding protein
Mass (kDA):
15.207 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 4q26 |
| Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (119317250..119322138, complement) |
Expressed in the small intestine and at much lower levels in the large intestine. Highest expression levels in the jejunum.
Cytoplasm.






PMID: 2824476 by Sweetser D.A., et al. The human and rodent intestinal fatty acid binding protein genes. A comparative analysis of their structure, expression, and linkage relationships.
PMID: 14563446 by Pelsers M.M.A.L., et al. Intestinal-type and liver-type fatty acid-binding protein in the intestine. Tissue distribution and clinical utility.
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