lipocalin

Introduction

A family of proteins which transport small hydrophobic molecules, including:

• steroids
• bilins
• retinoids
• lipids

Laboratory

• neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in serum/plasma
• neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in urine

More general terms

• carrier protein (transporter)
• protein family member

More specific terms

• alpha-1 acid glycoprotein; orosomucoid
• alpha-1 microglobulin; alpha-1 antitrypsin light chain; protein HC; bikunin (a lipocalin, AMBP, HCP, ITIL)
• apolipoprotein D; apo A3; apoA III; thin-line peptide (APOD APOA3)
• beta-lactoglobulin
• complement C8-gamma (C8G)
• epididymal retinoic acid-binding protein [E-RABP]
• epididymal-specific lipocalin-10
• epididymal-specific lipocalin-12 (LCN12)
• epididymal-specific lipocalin-6 (lipocalin-5, LCN6, LCN5, UNQ643/PRO1273)
• epididymal-specific lipocalin-8 (LCN8, LCN5)
• epididymal-specific lipocalin-9 (MUP-like lipocalin, LCN9)
• glycodelin; GD; placental protein 14; PP14; pregnancy-associated endometrial alpha-2 globulin; PAEG; PEG; progestagen-associated endometrial protein; progesterone-associated endometrial protein (PAEP)
• lipocalin UNQ2541/PRO6093 (LCN15)
• lipocalin-1; Von Ebner gland protein; VEG protein; tear prealbumin; TP; tear lipocalin; Tlc (LCN1, VEGP)
• lipocalin-like protein FLJ45224 (LCNL1)
• neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; NGAL; p25; 25 kD alpha-2-microglobulin-related subunit of MMP-9; lipocalin-2; oncogene 24p3 (LCN2, HNL, NGAL)
• plasma retinol binding protein; PRBP; retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4, PRO2222)
• prostaglandin D synthase 1; prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase; glutathione-independent PGD synthetase; beta-trace protein; lipocalin-type PGD synthase; L-PGDS (PTGDS)
• purpurin
• retinol-binding protein 3; interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein; IRBP; interstitial retinol-binding protein (RBP3)