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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Diazepam Binding Inhibitor

Preferred term

Diazepam Binding Inhibitor  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An 86-amino acid polypeptide, found in central and peripheral tissues, that displaces diazepam from the benzodiazepine recognition site on the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor (RECEPTORS, GABA). It also binds medium- and long-chain acyl-CoA esters and serves as an acyl-CoA transporter. This peptide regulates lipid metabolism.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acyl-CoA-Binding Protein
  • DBI Peptide
  • Endozepine
  • EpDBI

In other languages

  • French

  • Endozépine
  • Inhibiteur de fixation du diazepam
  • Inhibiteur de liaison au diazépam
  • Peptide DBI
  • Protéine de liaison à l'Acyl-CoA
  • Protéine de liaison de l'Acyl-CoA
  • Protéine fixant l'Acyl-CoA
  • Protéine liant l'Acyl-CoA

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HGPR94Q8-5

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