Names & Taxonomy

Uniprot ID:
P50120
Entry Name:
RET2_HUMAN
Status:
reviewed
Protein Names:
Retinol-binding protein 2 (Cellular retinol-binding protein II) (CRBP-II)
Gene Names:
RBP2 CRBP2
Gene Names Primary:
RBP2
Organism:
Homo sapiens (Human)

Structure

Length:
134
Sequence:
MTRDQNGTWEMESNENFEGYMKALDIDFATRKIAVRLTQTKVIDQDGDNFKTKTTSTFRNYDVDFTVGVEFDEYTKSLDNRHVKALVTWEGDVLVCVQKGEKENRGWKQWIEGDKLYLELTCGDQVCRQVFKKK
Proteomes:
UP000005640

Subcellular location

Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm.

Function

Function:
Intracellular transport of retinol.
Cross Reference Drug Bank:
DB00162
Gene Ontology Go:
cytosol
retinal binding
retinoid binding
retinol binding
transporter activity
epidermis development
fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process
phototransduction, visible light
retinoid metabolic process
small molecule metabolic process
vitamin A metabolic process
vitamin metabolic process
Gene Ontology Biological Process:
epidermis development
fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process
phototransduction, visible light
retinoid metabolic process
small molecule metabolic process
vitamin A metabolic process
vitamin metabolic process
Gene Ontology Molecular Function:
retinal binding
retinoid binding
retinol binding
transporter activity
Gene Ontology Cellular Component:
cytosol
Keywords:
3D-structure
Complete proteome
Cytoplasm
Reference proteome
Retinol-binding
Transport
Vitamin A

Publication

PubMed ID:
7657783 14702039 15489334 11274389 18076076