title: Adoption of PERILIPIN as a unifying nomenclature for the mammalian PAT-family of intracellular lipid storage droplet proteins.
abstract: The PAT family of proteins has been identified in eukaryotic species as diverse as vertebrates, insects, and amebazoa. These proteins share a highly conserved sequence organization and avidity for the surfaces of intracellular, neutral lipid storage droplets. The current nomenclature of the various members lacks consistency and precision, deriving more from historic context than from recognition of evolutionary relationship and shared function. In consultation with the Mouse Genomic Nomenclature Committee, the Human Genome Organization Genomic Nomenclature Committee, and conferees at the 2007 FASEB Conference on Lipid Droplets: Metabolic Consequences of the Storage of Neutral Lipids, we have established a unifying nomenclature for the gene and protein family members. Each gene member will incorporate the root term PERILIPIN (PLIN), the founding gene of the PAT family, with the different genes/proteins numbered sequentially.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. ark1@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kimmel
authors.forename: Dawn L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Brasaemle
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McAndrews-Hill
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sztalryd
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Londos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D005810:Multigene Family; D000070778:Perilipin-1; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000070778:Perilipin-1; D010750:Phosphoproteins