Description
Product Characteristics:
Colipase (CLPS) is a cofactor of pancreatic lipase and is necessary for efficient dietary lipid hydrolysis. It allows the lipase to anchor itself to the surface of lipid micelles, thereby counteracting the inhibitory effect of intestinal bile salts on the lipase.
Synonyms: Colipase, Colipase pancreatic, Pancreatic colipase preproprotein.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is a cofactor needed by pancreatic lipase for efficient dietary lipid hydrolysis. It binds to the C-terminal, non-catalytic domain of lipase, thereby stabilizing an active conformation and considerably increasing the overall hydrophobic binding site. The gene product allows lipase to anchor noncovalently to the surface of lipid micelles, counteracting the destabilizing influence of intestinal bile salts. This cofactor is only expressed in pancreatic acinar cells, suggesting regulation of expression by tissue-specific elements. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]