The Multifunctional Family of Mammalian Fatty Acid–Binding Proteins

J Storch, B Corsico - Annual review of nutrition, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fatty acid–binding proteins (FABPs) are small lipid-binding proteins abundantly expressed
in tissues that are highly active in fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Ten mammalian FABPs have …

Annexins: the problem of assessing the biological role for a gene family of multifunctional calcium-and phospholipid-binding proteins

P Raynal, HB Pollard - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1994 - Elsevier
Annexins are a family of structurally related proteins that exhibit Ca2+-dependent binding to
phospholipids. They have been described in many organisms from mammals to molds and …

The multifunctional S100 protein family

CW Heizmann - Calcium-Binding Protein Protocols: Volume 1: Reviews …, 2002 - Springer
… The S100 protein family has grown from originally two members (S100A1 and S100B) (1)
to one of the largest subfamilies of EF-hand Ca 2+ -binding proteins, consisting now of 18 …

Abr and Bcr are multifunctional regulators of the Rho GTP-binding protein family.

TH Chuang, X Xu, V Kaartinen… - Proceedings of the …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
… to and modulating the activity of Rho family proteins, we wondered whether these domains
would compete with each other for binding to small GTP-binding protein substrates. Fig. 5A …

New perspectives on S100 proteins: a multi-functional Ca 2+-, Zn 2+-and Cu 2+-binding protein family

CW Heizmann, JA Cox - Biometals, 1998 - Springer
proteins (eg, albumin and fatty acid-binding protein). It has been suggested that S100A8/A9
might be a novel family of FAbinding proteinsBinding of FA to S100 proteins might also be a …

The multifunctional properties and characteristics of vitamin D-binding protein

P White, N Cooke - Trends in endocrinology & metabolism, 2000 - cell.com
… Figure 1The vitamin D-binding protein gene (DBP) and the albumin family members are
linked on human chromosome 4. DBP is encoded by a single gene on human chromosome 4, …

A member of the Whirly family is a multifunctional RNA-and DNA-binding protein that is essential for chloroplast biogenesis

J Prikryl, KP Watkins, G Friso, KJ van Wijk… - Nucleic acids …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… ‘Whirly’ proteins comprise a plant-specific protein family whose members have been described
as DNA-binding proteins … We identified the maize WHY1 ortholog among proteins that …

The remarkably multifunctional fibronectin binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

TJ Foster - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious …, 2016 - Springer
multifunctional cell wall-anchored (CWA) proteins that bind to the host glycoprotein fibronectin.
The fibronectin binding proteins … a tandem array of repeats that bind to the N-terminal type …

α2“Macroglobulin, a multifunctional binding protein with targeting characteristics

W Borth - The FASEB Journal, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
α 2 ‐macroglobulin (α 2 M) and related proteins share the function of binding host or foreign
peptides and particles, thereby serving as humoral defense barriers against pathogens in …

Calcineurin homologous protein: a multifunctional Ca2+-binding protein family

F Di Sole, K Vadnagara, OW Moe… - American Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
… at the protein level with each other and between other Ca 2+ -binding proteins. The CHP …
to four EF-hand structural motifs (calcium-binding regions composed of two helixes, E and F…