"Perilipin-4" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A perilipin protein characterized by an extensive 11-mer repeat region, which forms five adjacent alpha-helices. It is expressed primarily in WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE and differentiating ADIPOCYTES, as well as skeletal muscle and heart. It is soluble in the cytoplasm but re-localizes to the surface of LIPID DROPLETS under high lipid conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D000071229
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.464.500.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Perilipin-4- Perilipin-4
- Perilipin 4
- Plin4 Protein
- S3-12 Protein
- Perilipin 4 Protein
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Inactivation of Plin4 downregulates Plin5 and reduces cardiac lipid accumulation in mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Apr 01; 304(7):E770-9.