Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2

Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DGAT2 gene. [5]

DGAT2
Identifiers
AliasesDGAT2, ARAT, GS1999FULL, HMFN1045, diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
External IDsOMIM: 606983 MGI: 1915050 HomoloGene: 23580 GeneCards: DGAT2
EC number2.3.1.76
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (human)[1]
Band11q13.5Start75,759,512 bp[1]
End75,801,535 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

84649

67800

Ensembl

ENSG00000062282

ENSMUSG00000030747

UniProt

Q96PD7

Q9DCV3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001253891
NM_032564

NM_026384

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001240820
NP_115953

NP_080660

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 75.76 – 75.8 MbChr 7: 99.15 – 99.18 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Function

This gene encodes one of two enzymes which catalyzes the final reaction in the synthesis of triglycerides in which diacylglycerol is covalently bound to long chain fatty acyl-CoAs.

The encoded protein catalyzes this reaction at low concentrations of magnesium chloride while the other enzyme has high activity at high concentrations of magnesium chloride. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000062282 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030747 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2". Retrieved 2017-07-18.

Further reading

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