Lipoprotein receptor-related proteins, low density lipoprotein receptor-related proteins (

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) or prolow-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (

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), abbreviated LRP, are a group of

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s. They include: *

LRP1 Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1), also known as alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor (A2MR), apolipoprotein E receptor (APOER) or cluster of differentiation 91 (CD91), is a protein forming a receptor found in the plasma membr ...

* LRP1B *

LRP2 Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2 also known as LRP-2 or megalin is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ''LRP2'' gene. Function LRP2 was identified as the antigen of rat experimental membranous nephropathy (Heyman neph ...

(megalin) *

LRP3 Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 3 (LRP-3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''LRP3'' gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of here ...

* LRP4 *

LRP5 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''LRP5'' gene. LRP5 is a key component of the LRP5/LRP6/Frizzled co-receptor group that is involved in canonical Wnt pathway. Mutations in LRP5 can le ...

LRP6 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''LRP6'' gene. LRP6 is a key component of the LRP5/LRP6/Frizzled co-receptor group that is involved in canonical Wnt pathway. Structure LRP6 is a t ...

* LRP8, apolipoprotein e receptor *

LRP10 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''LRP10'' gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." ...

* LRP11 *

LRP12 Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1), also known as alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor (A2MR), apolipoprotein E receptor (APOER) or cluster of differentiation 91 (CD91), is a protein forming a receptor found in the plasma membran ...

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