Seipin

UniProtKB accession:  Q9V3X4

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UniProtKB description:  Acts as a tissue-autonomous lipid modulator, preventing ectopic lipid accumulation in salivary gland (a non-adipose tissue) and in promoting lipid storage in fat tissue (PubMed:21533227). Required for the growth and maturation of small nascent lipid droplets (LDs) into larger mature LDs (PubMed:27564575).