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Facts about Lysophospholipid acyltransferase 5.
Has also feeble lysophosphatidylethanolamine acyltransferase activity (LPEAT action ). Favors polyunsaturated fatty acyl-CoAs as acyl donors compared to saturated fatty acyl-CoAs.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | LPCAT3 |
Uniprot: | Q6P1A2 |
Entrez: | 10162 |
Belongs to: |
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membrane-bound acyltransferase family |
Lysophospholipid acyltransferase 5
Mass (kDA):
56.035 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.31 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (6976185..7018508, complement) |
Highly expressed in liver, pancreas and adipose tissue. Very low expression in skeletal muscle and heart. Detected in neutrophils.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 9074930 by Ansari-Lari M.A., et al. Large-scale sequencing in human chromosome 12p13: experimental and computational gene structure determination.
PMID: 18195019 by Zhao Y., et al. Identification and characterization of a major liver lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase.