Entrez gene ID | | 5007 |
Official gene symbol | | OSBP |
Full name | | oxysterol binding protein |
Aliases | | ,OSBP1, |
Gene summary | | Oxysterol binding protein is an intracellular protein that is believed to transport sterols from lysosomes to the nucleus where the sterol down-regulates the genes for the LDL receptor, HMG-CoA reductase, and HMG synthetase [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 11 Locus: 11q12-q13 |
Gene position | | 59383617 - 59341871 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 41747 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 167040 |