Fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5)

Intracellular carrier for long-chain fatty acids and related active lipids, like the endocannabinoid, that regulates the metabolism and activities of the ligands they bind. Along with the cytosolic transport, selectively delivers specific fatty acids from the cytosol to the nucleus, wherein they trigger nuclear receptors (PubMed:22170058).

Delivers retinoic acid to the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta; that promotes proliferation and survival. May also function as a synaptic provider of endocannabinoid at central synapses and thus controls retrograde endocannabinoid signaling.