title: Isolation, characterization, and expression of fatty acid binding protein in the liver of Gallus domesticus.
abstract: 1. Fatty acid binding protein (FABP) was isolated from chicken liver cytosol. 2. Apparent molecular weight, pI, functional activity, and hybridization of a rat hFABP cDNA probe with chicken liver mRNA suggest that chicken liver FABP is structurally related to hepatic FABP (hFABP) previously isolated and characterized in the rat. 3. Fatty acids bound to liver FABP affect the electrophoretic nature of FABP. 4. Levels of liver FABP mRNA isolated from chickens at various stages of development parallel developmental alterations in lipid metabolism, being highest in day old chicks and laying hens versus juvenile birds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, Texas A & M University System, College Station 77843-2472.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sewell
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hargis
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C493411:Fabp4 protein, mouse; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA