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FLASH GENE
Symbol LCN1 contributors: npt/ - updated : 05-12-2007
HGNC name lipocalin 1 (tear prealbumin)
HGNC id 6525
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Hydrophobic
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a single eight-stranded continuously hydrogen-bonded antiparallel beta-barrel which encloses an internal ligand binding site
    • HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • lipophilic ligand carrier protein superfamily
  • lipocalin family
    • CATEGORY transport carrier
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION
    basic FUNCTION
  • involved in the transport of hydrophobic ligands
    • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • constituent of human tear
    • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS