ows ▁Category : Met Life ▁people ▁Category : Ex x on M obil ▁people ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Cor ning , ▁New ▁York ▁Category : Har vard ▁Business ▁School ▁al umn i ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Or al ▁history ▁interview ▁with ▁James ▁Richard son ▁H ought on , ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁A pr . 1 9 ▁from ▁The ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁Archives . <0x0A> </s> ▁Lip opol ys ac char ide ▁binding ▁protein ▁is ▁a ▁protein ▁that ▁in ▁humans ▁is ▁encoded ▁by ▁the ▁L B P ▁gene . ▁ ▁L B P ▁is ▁a ▁sol ub le ▁ac ute - phase ▁protein ▁that ▁bind s ▁to ▁b acter ial ▁li pop ol ys ac char ide ▁( or ▁L PS ) ▁to ▁el ic it ▁imm une ▁responses ▁by ▁present ing ▁the ▁L PS ▁to ▁important ▁cell ▁surface ▁pattern ▁recognition ▁re cept ors ▁called ▁CD 1 4 ▁and ▁T LR 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁protein ▁encoded ▁by ▁this ▁gene ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁ac ute - phase ▁imm un olog ic ▁response ▁to ▁gram - negative ▁b acter ial ▁in fe ctions . ▁Gram - negative ▁b acter ia ▁contain ▁a ▁g ly col ip id , ▁li pop ol ys ac char ide ▁( L PS ), ▁on ▁their ▁outer ▁cell ▁wall . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁b acter ic idal ▁per me ability - in cre asing ▁protein ▁( B PI ), ▁the ▁encoded ▁protein ▁bind s ▁L PS ▁and ▁interact s ▁with ▁the ▁CD 1 4 ▁re ceptor