Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC27A6 gene.[5][6][7]

SLC27A6
Identifiers
AliasesSLC27A6, ACSVL2, FACVL2, FATP6, VLCS-H1, solute carrier family 27 member 6
External IDsOMIM: 604196; MGI: 3036230; HomoloGene: 38385; GeneCards: SLC27A6; OMA:SLC27A6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001017372
NM_014031
NM_001317984

NM_001081072

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001017372
NP_001304913
NP_054750

NP_001074541

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 128.54 – 129.03 MbChr 18: 58.69 – 58.75 Mb
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This gene encodes a member of the fatty acid transport protein family (FATP). FATPs are involved in the uptake of long-chain fatty acids and have unique expression patterns. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000113396Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000024600Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Gimeno RE, Ortegon AM, Patel S, Punreddy S, Ge P, Sun Y, Lodish HF, Stahl A (Apr 2003). "Characterization of a heart-specific fatty acid transport protein". J Biol Chem. 278 (18): 16039–44. doi:10.1074/jbc.M211412200. PMID 12556534.
  6. ^ Steinberg SJ, Wang SJ, McGuinness MC, Watkins PA (Oct 1999). "Human liver-specific very-long-chain acyl-coenzyme A synthetase: cDNA cloning and characterization of a second enzymatically active protein". Mol Genet Metab. 68 (1): 32–42. doi:10.1006/mgme.1999.2883. PMID 10479480.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SLC27A6 solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid transporter), member 6".

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