SLC27A6 explained

Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC27A6 gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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.^[3]

See also

• Solute carrier family

Further reading

• Stelzl U, Worm U, Lalowski M, etal . A human protein-protein interaction network: a resource for annotating the proteome. . Cell . 122 . 6 . 957–68 . 2005 . 16169070 . 10.1016/j.cell.2005.08.029 . 11858/00-001M-0000-0010-8592-0 . 8235923 . free .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Steinberg SJ, Mihalik SJ, Kim DG, etal . The human liver-specific homolog of very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase is cholate:CoA ligase. . J. Biol. Chem. . 275 . 21 . 15605–8 . 2000 . 10749848 . 10.1074/jbc.C000015200 . free .
• Watkins PA, Pevsner J, Steinberg SJ . Human very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase and two human homologs: initial characterization and relationship to fatty acid transport protein. . Prostaglandins Leukot. Essent. Fatty Acids . 60 . 5–6 . 323–8 . 2000 . 10471116 . 10.1016/S0952-3278(99)80007-6 . free .
• Hirsch D, Stahl A, Lodish HF . A family of fatty acid transporters conserved from mycobacterium to man. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 95 . 15 . 8625–9 . 1998 . 9671728 . 10.1073/pnas.95.15.8625 . 21126 . 1998PNAS...95.8625H . free .

Notes and References

1. Gimeno RE, Ortegon AM, Patel S, Punreddy S, Ge P, Sun Y, Lodish HF, Stahl A . Characterization of a heart-specific fatty acid transport protein . J Biol Chem . 278 . 18 . 16039–44 . Apr 2003 . 12556534 . 10.1074/jbc.M211412200 . free .
2. Steinberg SJ, Wang SJ, McGuinness MC, Watkins PA . 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 . Oct 1999 . 10479480 . 10.1006/mgme.1999.2883 . free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: SLC27A6 solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid transporter), member 6.