Fatty acid transport proteins
Fatty acid transport proteins are a family of trans-membrane transport proteins, which allow and enhance the uptake of long chain fatty acids into cells. This subfamily is part of the solute carrier protein family. Within humans this family contains six very homologous proteins, which are expressed in all tissues of the body which use fatty acids:
- SLC27A1 Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 1
- SLC27A2 Very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase
- SLC27A3 Solute carrier family 27 member 3
- SLC27A4 Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 4
- SLC27A5 Bile acyl-CoA synthetase
- SLC27A6 Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 6