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Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2

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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
DGAT2
Identifiers
AliasesDGAT2, ARAT, GS1999FULL, HMFN1045, diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
External IDsOMIM: 606983; MGI: 1915050; HomoloGene: 23580; GeneCards: DGAT2; OMA:DGAT2 - orthologs
EC number2.3.1.76
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 11 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (human)
Chromosome 11 (human)Genomic location for DGAT2Genomic location for DGAT2
Band11q13.5Start75,759,512 bp
End75,801,535 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 7 (mouse)
Chr.Chromosome 7 (mouse)
Chromosome 7 (mouse)Genomic location for DGAT2Genomic location for DGAT2
Band7|7 E1Start98,802,865 bp
End98,831,926 bp
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • skin of arm

  • skin of thigh

  • right lobe of liver

  • skin of abdomen

  • blood

  • adipose tissue

  • jejunal mucosa

  • vulva

  • subcutaneous adipose tissue

  • abdominal fat
Top expressed in
  • epithelium of small intestine

  • brown adipose tissue

  • tunica adventitia of aorta

  • esophagus

  • trachea

  • lip

  • white adipose tissue

  • mammary gland

  • extraocular muscle

  • cardiac muscles
More reference expression data
BioGPS
n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
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: 98.8 – 98.83 Mb
PubMed search
Wikidata
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Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DGAT2 gene.

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: ENSG00000062282Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030747Ensembl, 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

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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