ID APL3_DIAGR Reviewed; 32 AA. AC P81471; DT 15-DEC-1998, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 15-DEC-1998, sequence version 1. DT 22-FEB-2023, entry version 56. DE RecName: Full=Apolipophorin-3; DE AltName: Full=Apolipophorin-III; DE Short=ApoLp-III; DE Flags: Fragment; OS Diatraea grandiosella (Southwestern corn borer). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; OC Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Pyraloidea; OC Crambidae; Crambinae; Diatraea. OX NCBI_TaxID=61289; RN [1] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE. RC TISSUE=Larval plasma; RA Burks C.S., Shelby K.S., Chippendale G.M.; RT "Characteristics of apolipophorin-III of the southwestern corn borer, RT Diatraea grandiosella."; RL Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 22:905-915(1992). CC -!- FUNCTION: Assists in the loading of diacylglycerol, generated from CC triacylglycerol stores in the fat body through the action of CC adipokinetic hormone, into lipophorin, the hemolymph lipoprotein. It CC increases the lipid carrying capacity of lipophorin by covering the CC expanding hydrophobic surface resulting from diacylglycerol uptake. It CC thus plays a critical role in the transport of lipids during flight in CC several species of insects. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Equilibrium between a soluble monomer and a bound lipoprotein CC form. Apolipophorin-3 associates with lipophorin during lipid loading CC until each particle contains 9 or 14 molecules of apolipophorin-3 (By CC similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Hemolymph. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the insect apolipophorin-3 family. CC {ECO:0000305}. CC -!- WEB RESOURCE: Name=Protein Spotlight; Note=Lipid freight - Issue 59 of CC June 2005; CC URL="https://web.expasy.org/spotlight/back_issues/059"; CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR PIR; A61624; A61624. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0006869; P:lipid transport; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR Gene3D; 1.20.120.20; Apolipoprotein; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF47857; Apolipophorin-III; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Direct protein sequencing; Lipid transport; Secreted; Transport. FT CHAIN 1..>32 FT /note="Apolipophorin-3" FT /id="PRO_0000156824" FT REGION 1..32 FT /note="Disordered" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT NON_TER 32 SQ SEQUENCE 32 AA; 3586 MW; A6C2D66D675C0B22 CRC64; DAPSTTPPQD XEKKAAEFQK TFTEQXNQLA NK //