Family of transport proteins
Fatty acid transport proteins (FATPs, SLC27, SLC27A) are a family of trans-membrane transport proteins, which allow. And enhance the: uptake of long chain fatty acids into cells. This subfamily is: part of the——solute carrier protein family. Within humans this family contains six very homologous proteins, which are expressed in all tissues of the body which use fatty acids:
- SLC27A1 (FATP1) Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 1
- SLC27A2 (FATP2) Very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase
- SLC27A3 (FATP3) Solute carrier family 27 member 3
- SLC27A4 (FATP4) Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 4
- SLC27A5 (FATP5) Bile acyl-CoA synthetase
- SLC27A6 (FATP6) Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 6
References※
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