ACOT8

Acyl-CoA thioesterase 8
Identifiers
Symbols ACOT8; HNAACTE; PTE-1; PTE-2; PTE1; PTE2; hACTE-III; hTE
External IDs OMIM608123 MGI2158201 HomoloGene3991 GeneCards: ACOT8 Gene
EC number 3.1.2.27
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10005 170789
Ensembl ENSG00000101473 ENSMUSG00000017307
UniProt O14734 Q3U965
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_183385 NM_133240.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_899241 NP_573503.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
44.47 – 44.49 Mb
Chr 2:
164.62 – 164.63 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOT8 gene.[1][2][3][4][5]

The protein encoded by this gene is a peroxisomal thioesterase that appears to be involved more in the oxidation of fatty acids rather than in their formation. The encoded protein can bind to the human immunodeficiency virus-1 protein Nef, and mediate Nef-induced down-regulation of CD4 in T-cells. Multiple transcript variants encoding several different isoforms have been found for this gene.[5]

References

  1. ^ Jones JM, Nau K, Geraghty MT, Erdmann R, Gould SJ (Apr 1999). "Identification of peroxisomal acyl-CoA thioesterases in yeast and humans". J Biol Chem 274 (14): 9216–23. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.14.9216. PMID 10092594. 
  2. ^ Liu LX, Margottin F, Le Gall S, Schwartz O, Selig L, Benarous R, Benichou S (Jul 1997). "Binding of HIV-1 Nef to a novel thioesterase enzyme correlates with Nef-mediated CD4 down-regulation". J Biol Chem 272 (21): 13779–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.21.13779. PMID 9153233. 
  3. ^ Hunt MC, Yamada J, Maltais LJ, Wright MW, Podesta EJ, Alexson SE (Aug 2005). "A revised nomenclature for mammalian acyl-CoA thioesterases/hydrolases". J Lipid Res 46 (9): 2029–32. doi:10.1194/jlr.E500003-JLR200. PMID 16103133. 
  4. ^ Hunt MC, Rautanen A, Westin MA, Svensson LT, Alexson SE (Aug 2006). "Analysis of the mouse and human acyl-CoA thioesterase (ACOT) gene clusters shows that convergent, functional evolution results in a reduced number of human peroxisomal ACOTs". FASEB J 20 (11): 1855–64. doi:10.1096/fj.06-6042com. PMID 16940157. 
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ACOT8 acyl-CoA thioesterase 8". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10005. 

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