Characterization of a human Sec14-like protein cDNA SEC14L3 highly homologous to human SPF/TAP.

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Ye X, Ji C, Yin G, Tang R, Zeng L, Gu S, Ying K, Xie Y, Zhao RC, Mao Y

Characterization of a human Sec14-like protein cDNA SEC14L3 highly homologous to human SPF/TAP.

Mol Biol Rep. 2004 Mar;31(1):59-63.

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Abstract

Supernatant protein factor (SPF) and alpha-tocopherol-associated protein (TAP) both belong to a widespread lipid-binding Sec 14-like protein family. All the members of the family have the lipid-binding motif called CRAL_TRIO. SPF is showed to stimulate the conversion of squalene to lanosterol and enhance cholesterol biosynthesis. TAP is identified to be involved in the intracellular distribution of alpha-tocopherol. Recently TAP is identified as SPF though they have very different functions. Here we report a human SPF/TAP homology SEC14L3 with 2082 base pairs in length and contains an open reading frame encoding a 400 amino acids protein. Analysis shows that SEC14L3 is mapped to 22q12 and expresses only in the liver among the used sixteen tissues in the test.

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alpha-Tocopherol succinateSEC14-like protein 3ProteinHumans
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D-alpha-Tocopherol acetateSEC14-like protein 3ProteinHumans
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