UniProt Accession

 LCN5_RAT; P06911 

Genbank Protein ID

 X59831; X59832; M12790 

Genbank Nucleotide ID

 CAA42493.1; CAA42494.1; AAA41127.1 

Protein Name

 Epididymal-specific lipocalin-5 

Protein Synonyms/Alias

 Androgen-dependent epididymal 18.5 kDa protein; Epididymal retinoic acid-binding protein; E-RABP; Epididymal secretory protein I; ESP-I; Epididymal-specific lipocalin-5, B form; Epididymal-specific lipocalin-5, C form 

Gene Name

 Lcn5 

Gene Synonyms/Alias

 Erabp 

Created Date

 July 27, 2013 

Organism

 Rattus norvegicus (Rat) 

NCBI Taxa ID

 10116 

Lysine Modification

Position	Peptide	Type	References
137	GAVHRTMKLYSRSLD	acetylation	[1]

Reference

 [1] Proteomic analysis of lysine acetylation sites in rat tissues reveals organ specificity and subcellular patterns.
 Lundby A, Lage K, Weinert BT, Bekker-Jensen DB, Secher A, Skovgaard T, Kelstrup CD, Dmytriyev A, Choudhary C, Lundby C, Olsen JV.
 Cell Rep. 2012 Aug 30;2(2):419-31. [PMID: 22902405] 

Functional Description

 Associates with spermatozoa in the epididymal fluid but does not bind tightly to them. Binds both all-trans and 9-cis retinoic acid. May act as a retinoid carrier protein which is required for epididymal function and/or sperm maturation. 

Sequence Annotation

 DISULFID 82 176  

Keyword

 3D-structure; Complete proteome; Direct protein sequencing; Disulfide bond; Reference proteome; Secreted; Signal; Transport. 

Sequence Source

 UniProt (SWISSPROT/TrEMBL); GenBank; EMBL 

Protein Length

 188 AA 

Protein Sequence

Gene Ontology

 GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; TAS:RGD.
 GO:0005215; F:transporter activity; IEA:InterPro.
 GO:0006629; P:lipid metabolic process; IEA:InterPro. 

Interpro

 IPR012674; Calycin.
 IPR011038; Calycin-like.
 IPR022272; Lipocalin_CS.
 IPR000566; Lipocln_cytosolic_FA-bd_dom.
 IPR002972; PstgldnD_synth. 

Pfam

 PF00061; Lipocalin 

SMART

  

PROSITE

 PS00213; LIPOCALIN 

PRINTS

 PR01254; PGNDSYNTHASE.