Tissue Distribution Evidence:
1. Northern blot studies showed expression in skeletal muscle and at lower levels in kidney, liver, and placenta. Also detected in Caco-2 cells. Rat Abca5 mRNA expression is upregulated during culture of primary rat hepatocytes. Petry, F; Kotthaus, A; Hirsch-Ernst, KI. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 2003 Jan 10, 300(2):343-50 PMID 12504089.
Transmembrane prediction: Non-synonymous amino acid changes shown in red, indels (insertions and deletions) in blue, and synonymous changes in green. Exon(s) indicated by black outlines.
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