apolipoprotein D; apo A3; apoA III; thin-line peptide (APOD APOA3)

Function

• occurs in the macromolecular complex with LCAT
• primarily occurs in HDL (60-65%), with most of the remainder in VHDL & trace amounts in VLDL & LDL
• role in the transport of bilin
• able to transport a variety of ligands

Structure

• homodimer
• in plasma, also exists as a disulfide-linked heterodimer with APOA2

Expression

• expressed in liver, intestine, pancreas, kidney, placenta, adrenal, spleen, fetal brain & tears

More general terms

• apolipoprotein
• glycoprotein
• lipocalin
• oligomerizing protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=347
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:347
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/107740
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P05090.html