LPCAT1

LPCAT1
Identifiers
AliasesLPCAT1, lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1, AYTL2, PFAAP3, lpcat, AGPAT10, AGPAT9, LPCAT-1, lysoPAFAT
External IDsMGI: 2384812 HomoloGene: 9871 GeneCards: LPCAT1
EC number2.3.1.67
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

79888

210992

Ensembl

ENSG00000275079
ENSG00000153395

ENSMUSG00000021608

UniProt

Q8NF37

Q3TFD2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024830

NM_145376

RefSeq (protein)

NP_079106

NP_663351

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 1.46 – 1.52 MbChr 13: 73.47 – 73.52 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
Wikidata
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Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the LPCAT1 gene.[3]

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) acyltransferase (LPCAT; EC 2.3.1.23) catalyzes the conversion of LPC to phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the remodeling pathway of PC biosynthesis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ "Entrez Gene: Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1".
  4. ↑ Nakanishi H, Shindou H, Hishikawa D, Harayama T, Ogasawara R, Suwabe A, Taguchi R, Shimizu T (2006). "Cloning and characterization of mouse lung-type acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1). Expression in alveolar type II cells and possible involvement in surfactant production". J. Biol. Chem. 281 (29): 20140–7. PMID 16704971. doi:10.1074/jbc.M600225200.


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