Heart-type fatty acid binding protein

FABP3
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1G5W, 1HMR, 1HMS, 1HMT, 2HMB, 3RSW, 3WBG, 3WVM, 3WXQ, 4TJZ, 4TKB, 4TKH, 4TKJ, 4WBK, 5CE4
Identifiers
Aliases	FABP3, FABP11, H-FABP, M-FABP, MDGI, O-FABP, Heart-type fatty acid binding protein, fatty acid binding protein 3
External IDs	OMIM: 134651; MGI: 95476; HomoloGene: 68379; GeneCards: FABP3; OMA:FABP3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	31,376,850 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	130,209,256 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	apex of heart; ; right auricle of heart; ; left ventricle; ; muscle of thigh; ; right ventricle; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; myocardium of left ventricle; ; vena cava; ; cardiac muscle tissue of right atrium; ; right coronary artery;
	Top expressed in
	heart; ; muscle of thigh; ; muscle tissue; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; blastocyst; ; quadriceps femoris muscle; ; placenta; ; right kidney; ; morula; ; human kidney;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	long-chain fatty acid transporter activity; transporter activity; long-chain fatty acid binding; oleic acid binding; cytoskeletal protein binding; fatty acid binding; protein binding; icosatetraenoic acid binding; lipid binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; cytosol; sarcoplasm; extracellular exosome; extracellular space;
Biological process	response to fatty acid; positive regulation of phospholipid biosynthetic process; fatty acid metabolic process; triglyceride catabolic process; response to insulin; negative regulation of cell population proliferation; long-chain fatty acid transport; cholesterol homeostasis; long-chain fatty acid import into cell; regulation of fatty acid oxidation; phospholipid homeostasis; regulation of phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process; transport; intracellular lipid transport; positive regulation of long-chain fatty acid import into cell;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2170
	14077
	ENSG00000121769
	ENSMUSG00000028773
	P05413
	P11404
	NM_004102; NM_001320996
	NM_010174
	NP_001307925; NP_004093
	NP_034304
	Wikidata
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Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (hFABP) also known as mammary-derived growth inhibitor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FABP3 gene.