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Symbol RBP2 contributors: mct/npt/pgu - updated : 01-09-2009
HGNC name retinol binding protein 2, cellular
HGNC id 9920
RNA
TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
4 - 700 15.6 134 - 1999 10191085
EXPRESSION
Type
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Digestiveintestinesmall intestine   
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Digestiveenterocyte
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
physiological period embryo
Text enterocyte
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Hydrophobic
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a single eight-stranded continuously hydrogen-bonded antiparallel beta-barrel which encloses an internal ligand binding site
  • mono polymer monomer
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • calycin superfamily
  • fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) family
  • CATEGORY transport carrier
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm
    basic FUNCTION
  • involved in the transport of vitamin A in the small intestinal epithelium
  • plays important physiological roles in intestinal absorption, transport, and metabolism of vitamin A
  • play different roles in the maintenance of vitamin A homeostasis
  • its histone demethylase activity is linked to tumorigenesis
  • regulates proliferation, senescence, and differentiation, which are processes deregulated in cancer
  • CELLULAR PROCESS cell life, differentiation
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS development
    PATHWAY
    metabolism vitamin
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • retinol binding
  • interacting with HNF4A (HNF-4alpha is an important transcriptional factor that regulates its gene expression)
  • interacting with RB (RBP2 inhibits senescence and differentiation in RB-defective tumor cells, and loss of RBP2 inhibits formation of RB-defective endocrine tumors, suggesting that RBP2 also acts downstream of RB)
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    constitutional       loss of function
    inhibits proliferation and induces senescence
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancer  
    potential target for cancer therapy, and RBP2-inhibitory drugs, should they be developed, would have anticancer activity
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS