Apolipoprotein C4
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Apolipoprotein C-IV, also known as apolipoprotein C4, is a
protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respo ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''APOC4''
gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ...
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Function

''APOC4'' is a member of the
apolipoprotein C In the field of molecular biology, apolipoprotein C is a family of four low molecular weight apolipoproteins, designated as C-I, C-II, C-III, and C-IV that are surface components of chylomicrons, VLDL, and HDL. In the fasting state, the C apol ...
gene family. It is expressed in the liver and has a predicted protein structure characteristic of the other genes in this family. ''APOC4'' is a 3.3-kb gene consisting of 3 exons and 2 introns; it is located 0.5 kb 5' to the ''APOC2'' gene.


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