Lcat (lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase)

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Keyword

Gene: Lcat (lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase) Rattus norvegicus

Symbol:

Lcat

Name:

lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase

Description:

ENCODES a protein that exhibits phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase activity; phospholipase A2 activity; apolipoprotein A-I binding (ortholog); INVOLVED IN cholesterol metabolic process; lipoprotein metabolic process; response to copper ion; PARTICIPATES IN reverse cholesterol transport pathway; glycerophospholipid metabolic pathway; ASSOCIATED WITH Hyperlipidemias; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Myocardial Infarction; FOUND IN extracellular space (ortholog); high-density lipoprotein particle (ortholog); INTERACTS WITH (+)-alpha-tocopherol; (-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate; 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxine

Type:

protein-coding

RefSeq Status:

PROVISIONAL

Also known as:

lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase; Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase; MGC108718; phosphatidylcholine-sterol acyltransferase; phospholipid-cholesterol acyltransferase

Orthologs:

Homo sapiens : LCAT (lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase) HGNC
Mus musculus : Lcat (lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase) MGI

Allele / Splice:

Lcat^m1Mcwi Lcat^m2Mcwi Lcat^m3Mcwi Lcat^m4Mcwi Lcat^m5Mcwi

Is Marker For:

QTLs: Insglur2

Latest Assembly:

RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4

Position:

Map	Chr	Position	Strand	Source
Rat Cytogenetic Map	19	q12		NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v5.0	19	48,780,371 - 48,783,830	-	NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4	19	35,781,507 - 35,784,966	-	NCBI
Rat Celera Assembly	19	33,262,304 - 33,265,763	-	NCBI
Genome Assembly 3.1	19	35,786,383 - 35,789,855	-	NCBI