Sunday, February 14, 2010

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1K8Q - Dog Gastric Lipase






Used for fat digestion in dogs. This is a very stable protein despite the high acidic conditions that occur with in the stomach. This is a quaternary structure with 2 subunits. It is a globular protein.

Reference:
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (Oct. 2009), retrieved 2/14/2010 form: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/mmdb/mmdbsrv.cgi?uid=18937
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  1. blonderenziFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:09 AM

    Are there any other applications? Does perhaps this protein become inhibited in overweight dogs? or could it be rendered less effective somehow? And could overweight dogs have a lesser amount of this protein? This topic is very interesting to me because I have a pug and they are synonomous for being overweight. Just something to ponder!

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  2. GTT- Biochem ConnectionsFebruary 24, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    I have an 8-year old Golden Retriever who gets life-threatening pancreatitis. I wonder if she has a mutation for this protein.

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  3. dwilkinsonApril 21, 2010 at 5:14 PM

    I'm sorry, blonderenzi, I can't answer your question. The only information I could find is what I posted and more information about the gene sequence.

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