Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

National Cancer Institute U.S. National Institutes of Health www.cancer.gov
Sections
Personal tools
Log in
 
You are here: Home › Biomarkers › APOB

APOB

Basics

Aliases:
This biomarker is also known as:
  • Apolipoprotein B-48,
  • Apo B-100,
  • Apo B-48,
  • apolipoprotein B (including Ag(x) antigen),
  • Apolipoprotein B-100,

Description…

APOB, a secreted glycoprotein, is the main apolipoprotein of chylomicrons (apo B-48), LDL (apo B-100) and VLDL (apo B-100). It occurs in plasma as two main isoforms, apoB-48 and apoB-100: the former is synthesized exclusively in the gut and the latter in the liver. Apo B-100 functions as a recognition signal for the cellular binding and internalization of LDL particles by the apoB/E receptor. The intestinal and the hepatic forms of apoB are encoded by a single gene from a single, very long mRNA. The two isoforms share a common N-terminal sequence. The shorter apoB-48 protein is produced after RNA editing of the apoB-100 transcript at residue 2180 (CAA->UAA), resulting in the creation of a stop codon, and early translation termination. Mutations in this gene or its regulatory region cause hypobetalipoproteinemia, normotriglyceridemic hypobetalipoproteinemia, and hypercholesterolemia due to ligand-defective apoB, diseases affecting plasma cholesterol and apoB levels. APOB is up-regulated in response to enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection.

Attributes

QA State: Under Review
Type: Protein
Short Name:

Datasets

There are no datasets associated with this biomarker.

Organs

This biomarker is currently being annotated or is under review. You must be logged in or do not have permission to view any additional information. Contact Heather Kincaid at heather.kincaid@jpl.nasa.gov if you should have access to this biomarker.

Studies

This biomarker is currently being annotated or is under review. You must be logged in or do not have permission to view any additional information. Contact Heather Kincaid at heather.kincaid@jpl.nasa.gov if you should have access to this biomarker.

Publications

This biomarker is currently being annotated or is under review. You must be logged in or do not have permission to view any additional information. Contact Heather Kincaid at heather.kincaid@jpl.nasa.gov if you should have access to this biomarker.

Resources

This biomarker is currently being annotated or is under review. You must be logged in or do not have permission to view any additional information. Contact Heather Kincaid at heather.kincaid@jpl.nasa.gov if you should have access to this biomarker.

Announcement