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CRABP1

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
1381

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000166426

CRABP1

Aliases
  
CRABP1, CRABP, CRABP-I, CRABPI, RBP5, cellular retinoic acid binding protein 1

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.

References

CRABP1 Wikipedia