======= MTTP ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: MTTP * **Official Name**: microsomal triglyceride transfer protein * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=4547|4547]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P55157|P55157]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=MTTP&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20MTTP|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/157147|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: MTP encodes the large subunit of the heterodimeric microsomal triglyceride transfer protein. Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) completes the heterodimeric microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, which has been shown to play a central role in lipoprotein assembly. Mutations in MTP can cause abetalipoproteinemia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. * **UniProt Summary**: Catalyzes the transport of triglyceride, cholesteryl ester, and phospholipid between phospholipid surfaces (PubMed:23475612, PubMed:8939939, PubMed:26224785, PubMed:25108285, PubMed:22236406). Required for the secretion of plasma lipoproteins that contain apolipoprotein B (PubMed:23475612, PubMed:8939939, PubMed:26224785). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22236406, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23475612, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25108285, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26224785, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8939939}. |Vitellogenin N| |phospholipid transfer activity| |triglyceride transfer activity| |acylglycerol transport| |triglyceride transport| |ceramide 1-phosphate transport| |ceramide 1-phosphate transfer activity| |chylomicron assembly| |very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly| |ceramide transport| |phospholipid transporter activity| |plasma lipoprotein particle assembly| |lipid transporter activity| |protein-lipid complex assembly| |plasma lipoprotein particle organization| |protein-lipid complex subunit organization| |regulation of plasma lipoprotein particle levels| |cholesterol homeostasis| |sterol homeostasis| |phospholipid transport| |lipoprotein metabolic process| |organophosphate ester transport| |lipid homeostasis| |lipid binding| |protein secretion| |establishment of protein localization to extracellular region| |protein localization to extracellular region| |peptide secretion| |basolateral plasma membrane| |receptor complex| |lipid transport| |endoplasmic reticulum lumen| |lipid localization| |extracellular structure organization| |organic anion transport| |protein heterodimerization activity| |anion transport| |Golgi apparatus| |secretion by cell| |endoplasmic reticulum| |export from cell| |chemical homeostasis| |secretion| |lipid metabolic process| |ion transport| |protein transport| |peptide transport| |protein-containing complex assembly| |amide transport| |establishment of protein localization| |homeostatic process| |nitrogen compound transport| |protein-containing complex subunit organization| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 10718 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -1.19 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}