glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP)

Function

• accelerates intermembrane transfer of various glycolipids
• catalyzes transfer of various glycosphingolipids between membranes but does not catalyze the transfer of phospholipids
• may be involved in the intracellular translocation of glucosylceramides

Structure

• monomer
• belongs to the GLTP family

Compartment

cytoplasm

Expression

• detected in fibroblasts (at protein level) & in various cancer cell lines

More general terms

• carrier protein (transporter)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5122
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608949
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NZD2.html