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Preferred term

Perilipin-5  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lipid Storage Droplet Protein 5
  • LSDP5 Protein
  • OXPAT Protein
  • Perilipin 5 Protein
  • PLIN5 Protein
  • Protein, LSDP5
  • Protein, OXPAT
  • Protein, Perilipin 5
  • Protein, PLIN5

Scope note

  • A perilipin that functions in LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; and fatty acid oxidation in BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; heart, liver, and skeletal muscle. It recruits MITOCHONDRIA to the surface of LIPID DROPLETS where it functions in both the storage of fatty acids as TRIGLYCERIDES, and their release for mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in response to metabolic needs.

History note

  • 2017

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070797

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