Entrez 1381 | Ensembl ENSG00000166426 | |
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External IDs MGI: 88490 HomoloGene: 3222 GeneCards: CRABP1 |
Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRABP1 gene.
A number of specific carrier proteins for members of the vitamin A family have been discovered. Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein is assumed to play an important role in retinoic acid-mediated differentiation and proliferation processes. CRABP1 is structurally similar to the cellular retinol-binding proteins, but binds only retinoic acid. CRABP1 is constitutively expressed and is believed to have different functions in the cell than the related CRABP2.
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