Anti-RBP5 antibodies are used in the immunodetection of the protein retinol binding protein 5. In humans, the canonical protein has a reported length of 135 amino acid residues and a mass of 15.9 kDa. Its subcellular localization is in the cytoplasm. It is reported to be highly expressed in adult kidney and liver and to a lesser extent in adult and fetal spleen, adult lymph nodes and appendix, and fetal liver and kidney. A member of the Fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) protein family, RBP5 is reported to be an intracellular transport of retinol.
The RBP5 marker can be used to identify Type 1 Thymic Fibroblasts.* Synonyms for this target antigen include putative cellular retinol-binding protein CRBP III, retinol binding protein 5, cellular, and cellular retinol-binding protein III. RBP5 gene orthologs have been reported in the mouse, rat, bovine, frog, chimpanzee and chicken species. ELISA is the most common application for the RBP5 antibodies listed below. Western Blot, Immunocytochemistry, Immunofluorescence, and Immunohistochemistry are also common applications.
*HuBMAP Human Reference Atlas v1.4