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FABP7
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesFABP7, B-FABP, BLBP, FABPB, MRG, LTR2-fatty acid binding protein 7
External IDsOMIM: 602965; MGI: 101916; HomoloGene: 37880; GeneCards: FABP7; OMA:FABP7 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001446
NM_001319039
NM_001319041
NM_001319042

NM_021272

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001305968
NP_001305970
NP_001305971
NP_001437

NP_067247

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 122.78 – 122.78 MbChr 10: 57.66 – 57.66 Mb
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Fatty acid binding protein 7, brain (FABP7; also brain lipid binding protein, BLBP), is a human gene.[5]

Function

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The protein encoded by this gene is a brain fatty acid binding protein. Fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) are a family of small, highly conserved, cytoplasmic proteins that bind long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic ligands. FABPs are thought to play roles in fatty acid uptake, transport, and metabolism.[5]

FABP7 is expressed, during development, in radial glia by the activation of Notch receptors.[6] Reelin was shown to induce FABP7 expression in neural progenitor cells via Notch-1 activation.[7]

According to one study, FABP7 binds DHA with the highest affinity among all of the FABPs.[8]

Expression of Fabp7 protein in mouse brains at embryonic day 16 (left) and postnatal day 0 (right). At both stages, Fabp7 is strongly expressed in the ventricular zone and radial glia, where neurogenesis is prominent.

Role in pathology

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FABP7 maps onto human chromosome 6q22.31, a schizophrenia linkage region corroborated by a meta-analysis.[9]

As of 2008, two studies have been conducted into FABP7 as a possible risk gene for schizophrenia,[10] with one, that tested for only one SNP, showing negative[11] and another, with seven SNPs,[12] a positive result. The effect of the gene in the latter study was stronger in males. This study also linked FABP7 variation to weak prepulse inhibition in mice; deficit in PPI is an endophenotypic trait observed in schizophrenia patients and their relatives.

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