PITPNB

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Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, beta
PDB rendering based on 2a1l.
Available structures: 2a1l
Identifiers
Symbol(s)	PITPNB; PI-TP-beta; PtdInsTP; VIB1B
External IDs	OMIM: 606876 MGI: 1927542 HomoloGene: 4533
Gene ontology Molecular Function: • lipid binding • phosphatidylinositol transporter activity Cellular Component: • intracellular Biological Process: • lipid metabolic process • transport
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
	Human	Mouse
Entrez	23760	56305
Ensembl	ENSG00000180957	ENSMUSG00000050017
Uniprot	P48739	P53811
Refseq	NM_012399 (mRNA) NP_036531 (protein)	NM_019640 (mRNA) NP_062614 (protein)
Location	Chr 22: 26.58 - 26.65 Mb	Chr 5: 111.57 - 111.63 Mb
Pubmed search	[1]	[2]

Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, beta, also known as PITPNB, is a human gene.^[1]

The protein encoded by this gene is found in the cytoplasm, where it catalyzes the transfer of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylcholine between membranes.^[1]

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