title: Smooth muscle fatty acid binding protein: a regulator of smooth muscle contraction?
abstract: A fatty acid binding protein has been isolated from chicken gizzard smooth muscle. The partial amino acid sequence (EMBL P80565) of this protein shows high sequence similarities with other members of the fatty acid binding protein family. This is the first fatty acid binding protein isolated from smooth muscle. It may be involved in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction by transporting polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g. arachidonic acid).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zoologie der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Thole
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins