Phospholipid transfer protein

PLTP
Identifiers
Aliases	PLTP, BPIFE, HDLCQ9, phospholipid transfer protein
External IDs	MGI: 103151; HomoloGene: 4536; GeneCards: PLTP; OMA:PLTP - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 20 (human)
End	45,912,155 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	164,699,631 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right coronary artery; ; right adrenal cortex; ; gastric mucosa; ; gallbladder; ; right ovary; ; body of pancreas; ; canal of the cervix; ; left adrenal gland; ; left ovary; ; left coronary artery;
	Top expressed in
	retinal pigment epithelium; ; right lung lobe; ; habenula; ; molar; ; left lung; ; left lung lobe; ; choroid plexus of fourth ventricle; ; cerebellar vermis; ; lobe of cerebellum; ; dorsal tegmental nucleus;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	lipid binding; lipid transporter activity; phospholipid transporter activity; phosphatidylethanolamine binding; phosphatidylcholine transporter activity; diacylglycerol binding; phosphatidylcholine binding; phosphatidic acid binding; ceramide binding; phosphatidylglycerol binding; phosphatidylethanolamine transfer activity; phosphatidic acid transfer activity;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space; high-density lipoprotein particle;
Biological process	high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling; flagellated sperm motility; positive regulation of cholesterol efflux; vitamin E biosynthetic process; lipid metabolism; transport; lipid transport; phospholipid transport; ceramide transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	5360
	18830
	ENSG00000100979
	ENSMUSG00000017754
	P55058
	P55065
	NM_182676; NM_001242920; NM_001242921; NM_006227
	NM_011125
	NP_001229849; NP_001229850; NP_006218; NP_872617
	NP_035255
	Wikidata
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Phospholipid transfer protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLTP gene.