A novel member of the lipocalin superfamily: tammar wallaby late-lactation protein.
The finding that tammar wallaby late-lactation protein is linked to beta-lactoglobulin prompted a search of current GenPeptide and NBRF-PIR protein databases for sequence similarities to late-lactation protein. Similarities were found to von Ebner's gland protein and other members of the lipocalin superfamily of proteins. A conservative replacement of Trp with Tyr suggests that late-lactation protein may represent an unusual member of this protein superfamily.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D007774:Lactation; D007782:Lactoglobulins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D054835:Lipocalin 1; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014364:Tryptophan; D014443:Tyrosine
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007782:Lactoglobulins; D054835:Lipocalin 1; D008894:Milk Proteins; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D014443:Tyrosine; D014364:Tryptophan