APOF

Available protein structures:
PDB	IPR026114 PF15148 (ECOD; PDBsum)
AlphaFold	IPR026114; PF15148;

Apolipoprotein F
Apolipoprotein F
Identifiers
Symbol	APOF
Pfam	PF15148
InterPro	IPR026114
PDB
Available protein structures:
PDB	IPR026114 PF15148 (ECOD; PDBsum)
AlphaFold	IPR026114; PF15148;

APOF
Identifiers
Aliases	APOF, Apo-F, LTIP, apolipoprotein F
External IDs	OMIM: 107760; MGI: 104539; HomoloGene: 48030; GeneCards: APOF; OMA:APOF - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	56,362,857 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (mouse)
End	128,106,022 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right lobe of liver; ; granulocyte; ; islet of Langerhans; ; prostate; ; kidney; ; blood; ; head; ; human musculoskeletal system; ; muscular system; ; muscle;
	Top expressed in
	left lobe of liver; ; submandibular gland; ; gallbladder; ; seminal vesicula; ; sexually immature organism; ; fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell; ; human fetus; ; abdominal wall; ; stomach; ; ureter;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cholesterol binding; signaling receptor binding; lipid transporter activity;
Cellular component	low-density lipoprotein particle; high-density lipoprotein particle; extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	steroid metabolic process; lipid transport; cholesterol metabolic process; lipid metabolism;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	319
	103161
	ENSG00000175336
	ENSMUSG00000047631
	Q13790
	Q91V80
	NM_001638
	NM_133997
	NP_001629
	NP_598758
	Wikidata
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Apolipoprotein F is a protein that in humans is encoded for by the APOF gene.^[5]^[6] The product of this gene is one of the minor apolipoproteins found in plasma. This protein forms complexes with lipoproteins and may be involved in transport and/or esterification of cholesterol.^[6]