The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Apolipoprotein E across different species:

apolipoprotein E (APOE), apolipoprotein E (Apoe), apolipoprotein E (apoe), apolipoprotein Ea (apoea), Apolipoprotein E (APOE)

Other aliases include:

AD2, LPG, LDLCQ5, MGC1571, AI255918, APOEA, APOE, ad2, apoprotein, MGC110064, im:7036787, wu:fb69a05, zgc:110064, apoe

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Apolipoprotein E:

apolipoprotein E – apolipoprotein E3 – Apolipoprotein E

Apolipoprotein E fulfills a number of functions:

antioxidant activity – beta-amyloid binding – cholesterol transporter activity – heparin binding – lipid transporter activity – lipoprotein binding – low-density lipoprotein receptor binding – metal chelating activity – phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase activator activity – phospholipid binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – tau protein binding – very-low-density lipoprotein receptor binding – lipid binding

Apolipoprotein E is relevant to the following processes:

Cdc42 protein signal transduction – G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – anti-apoptosis – artery morphogenesis – cGMP-mediated signaling – cellular calcium ion homeostasis – cholesterol catabolic process – cholesterol homeostasis – chylomicron remnant clearance – cytoskeleton organization – high-density lipoprotein particle assembly – high-density lipoprotein particle clearance – high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – induction of apoptosis – intracellular transport – lipid homeostasis – lipid metabolic process – lipid transport – lipoprotein biosynthetic process – lipoprotein catabolic process – maintenance of location in cell – negative regulation of MAP kinase activity – negative regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration – negative regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process – negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation – negative regulation of inflammatory response – negative regulation of platelet activation – nitric oxide mediated signal transduction – phospholipid efflux – positive regulation of cGMP biosynthetic process – positive regulation of cholesterol efflux – positive regulation of cholesterol esterification – positive regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor catabolic process – positive regulation of membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis – positive regulation of nitric-oxide synthase activity – receptor-mediated endocytosis – regulation of axon extension – regulation of gene expression – regulation of neuronal synaptic plasticity – response to dietary excess – response to ethanol – response to reactive oxygen species – reverse cholesterol transport – synaptic transmission, cholinergic – triglyceride metabolic process – vasodilation – very-low-density lipoprotein particle clearance – very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – axon regeneration – cholesterol efflux – cholesterol metabolic process – lipoprotein metabolic process – low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – protein localization – response to oxidative stress – transport – axon regeneration in the peripheral nervous system – neuron projection regeneration

Locations for Apolipoprotein E:

Golgi apparatus – cell soma – chylomicron – cytoplasm – dendrite – extracellular region – extracellular space – extrinsic to external side of plasma membrane – high-density lipoprotein particle – intermediate-density lipoprotein particle – low-density lipoprotein particle – plasma membrane – very-low-density lipoprotein particle – late endosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology