Structural highlights
Function
[FABP4_MOUSE] Lipid transport protein in adipocytes. Binds both long chain fatty acids and retinoic acid. Delivers long-chain fatty acids and retinoic acid to their cognate receptors in the nucleus.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Adipocyte lipid-binding protein (ALBP) is a small (14.5 kDa) 10-stranded beta-barrel protein found in mammalian fat cells. The crystal structures of various holo-forms of ALBP have been solved and show the fatty acid ligand bound in a large (approximately 400 A3) cavity isolated from bulk solvent. Examination of the cavity suggests that it would be a good site for the creation of an artificial catalyst, as numerous well defined crystal structures of ALBP are available and past studies have shown the conformation to be reasonably tolerant to modification and mutagenesis. Previous work has shown ALBP to be a good protein scaffold for exploring enantio- and stereoselective reactions; two constructs, ALBP attached to either a pyridoxamine or a phenanthroline group at C117, have been chemically characterized. Both modified proteins have been crystallized and their structures solved and refined. The X-ray models have been used to examine the origin of the chiral selectivity seen in the products. It is apparent that these covalent adducts reduce the internal cavity volume, sterically limiting substrate interactions with the reactive groups, as well as solvent access to potential intermediates in the reaction pathway.
Structural characterization of two synthetic catalysts based on adipocyte lipid-binding protein.,Ory JJ, Mazhary A, Kuang H, Davies RR, Distefano MD, Banaszak LJ Protein Eng. 1998 Apr;11(4):253-61. PMID:9680187[4]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Tan NS, Shaw NS, Vinckenbosch N, Liu P, Yasmin R, Desvergne B, Wahli W, Noy N. Selective cooperation between fatty acid binding proteins and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in regulating transcription. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Jul;22(14):5114-27. PMID:12077340
- ↑ Adida A, Spener F. Adipocyte-type fatty acid-binding protein as inter-compartmental shuttle for peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma agonists in cultured cell. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Feb;1761(2):172-81. Epub 2006 Mar 9. PMID:16574478 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S1388-1981(06)00031-X
- ↑ Ayers SD, Nedrow KL, Gillilan RE, Noy N. Continuous nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies transcriptional activation of PPARgamma by FABP4. Biochemistry. 2007 Jun 12;46(23):6744-52. Epub 2007 May 22. PMID:17516629 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi700047a
- ↑ Ory JJ, Mazhary A, Kuang H, Davies RR, Distefano MD, Banaszak LJ. Structural characterization of two synthetic catalysts based on adipocyte lipid-binding protein. Protein Eng. 1998 Apr;11(4):253-61. PMID:9680187
