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Lipids > Lipoproteins > Apolipoproteins > Apolipoproteins B > Apolipoprotein B-100
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lipoproteins > Apolipoproteins > Apolipoproteins B > Apolipoprotein B-100
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Apoproteins > Apolipoproteins > Apolipoproteins B > Apolipoprotein B-100

Preferred term

Apolipoprotein B-100  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apo B 100
  • Apo B-100
  • Apo-B-100
  • ApoB 100
  • ApoB-100

Scope note

  • A 513-kDa protein synthesized in the LIVER. It serves as the major structural protein of low-density lipoproteins (LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL). It is the ligand for the LDL receptor (RECEPTORS, LDL) that promotes cellular binding and internalization of LDL particles.

History note

  • 2007 (1983)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053299

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