Advances in animal fatty acid transmembrane transport proteins FATP1 and FATP4

Abstract

Fat is the main composition of the body, it not only has an important role to maintain the animal's physiological function but also its precipitation and sedimentary parts have became the key factor to influence the carcass and meat quality. As two members of the family of the fatty acid transport proteins, FATP1 and FATP4 involved in the transport of long chain fatty acids across the plasma membrane and the metabolism of fatty acids. They are the key genes which have an influence on fat content and maintain skin phospholipids metabolism. So, in this study, the characteristic of structure, function and variation of the gene FATP1 and FATP4 have been summarized. Researchers hope this content can provide certain reference for the researchers in the future. © Medwell Journals, 2012.