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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Protein targeting, Membrane protein, Lipid-anchored protein, CD36, Sortase, MACPF, Orientations of Proteins in Membranes database, PDZ domain, Colipase, Transforming growth factor beta superfamily, Snf3, Alpha secretase, Innexin, Nucleoporin 210kDa, GoLoco motif, CD59 antigen, Rabaptin, Sodium-solute symporter, Ionotropic glutamate receptor, Polyphosphate kinase, Vinculin family, GTPase-activator protein for Ras-like GTPase, ATP synthase delta subunit, SacI homology domain, Fungal mating pheromone receptors, Aspartate receptor, Cyclic AMP receptors, Amino acid permease, Nematode chemoreceptor, Phosphotyrosine-binding domain, SAND protein, Hsp20, Proton-dependent oligopeptide transporter, F-ATPase, Vesicle-associated membrane protein, Small multidrug resistance protein, Uncoupling protein, Popeye protein conserved region, Sheddase, Downregulated-in-adenoma, Folate receptor, Betaine transporter, Peroxisomal biogenesis factor 11, Nucleobase Cation Symporter, Herpesvirus Glycoprotein B, Translocase, Vacuolar protein sorting, Membrane fusion protein, Histatin. Excerpt: CD36 (Cluster of Differentiation 36) is an integral membrane protein found on the surface of many cell types in vertebrate animals and is also known as FAT, SCARB3, GP88, glycoprotein IV (gpIV) and glycoprotein IIIb (gpIIIb). CD36 is a member of the class B scavenger receptor family of cell surface proteins. CD36 binds many ligands including collagen, thrombospondin, erythrocytes parasitized with Plasmodium falciparum, oxidized low density lipoprotein, native lipoproteins, oxidized phospholipids, and long-chain fatty acids. Recent work using genetically modified rodents have identified a clear role for CD36 in fatty acid and glucose metabolism, heart disease, taste, and dietary fat processing in the intestine. It may be involved in glucose intolerance, ath...
