Gene: AACS (acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase)  Homo sapiens

Symbol: AACS
Name: acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase
Description: ENCODES a protein that exhibits acetoacetate-CoA ligase activity (inferred); ATP binding (inferred); butyrate-CoA ligase activity (inferred); INVOLVED IN adipose tissue development (inferred); cellular response to cholesterol (inferred); cellular response to glucose stimulus (inferred); PARTICIPATES IN butanoate metabolic pathway; ketone bodies metabolic pathway; ASSOCIATED WITH Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental (ortholog); Obesity (ortholog); FOUND IN cytosol (inferred); INTERACTS WITH cyclosporin A; isotretinoin; 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxine (ortholog)
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: VALIDATED
Also known as: acetoacetate-CoA ligase; acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase; ACSF1; acyl-CoA synthetase family member 1; FLJ12389; FLJ41251; homolog of C. elegans supressor of ras 5 (sur-5); OTTHUMP00000239025; protein sur-5 homolog; SUR-5
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Aacs (acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Aacs (acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase)
Related Pseudogenes: AACSP1  
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_112125,365,065 - 125,443,159+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef12122,513,724 - 122,591,469+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh3712125,549,925 - 125,627,871+NCBI
Human Celera Assembly12125,154,148 - 125,231,815+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 3612124,115,878 - 124,193,824+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map12q24.31 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly12124,074,886 - 124,152,745 NCBI
Model

Launch Genome Browser (GBrowse) : build 36 (hg18) build 37 (hg19)


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Sequence

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Ensembl Gene
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 732340
Created: 2004-01-12
Species: Homo sapiens
Last Modified: 2013-03-06
Status: ACTIVE