"Saposins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of four homologous sphingolipid activator proteins that are formed from proteolytic cleavage of a common protein precursor molecule referred to as prosaposin.
| Descriptor ID |
D049231
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.211.790.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Saposin B- Saposin B
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein 1
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein-1
- SAP-1 Sphingolipid Activator
- SAP 1 Sphingolipid Activator
- Sphingolipid Activator, SAP-1
Saposin C- Saposin C
- beta-Glucosidase Stimulating Protein
- beta Glucosidase Stimulating Protein
- Co-beta-Glucosidase
- Co beta Glucosidase
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein 2
- Gaucher Activator Protein
- Glucosylceramidase Activator
- SAP-C Protein
- SAP C Protein
- beta-Glucosidase Activator Protein
- beta Glucosidase Activator Protein
- Coglucosidase
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saposins" by people in Profiles.
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Hepatic deficiency of low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 reduces high density lipoprotein secretion and plasma levels in mice. J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 15; 286(15):13079-87.