Species Human Entrez 31 | Human Mouse Ensembl n/a | |
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Aliases ACACA, ACAC, ACACAD, ACC, ACC1, ACCA, acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha External IDs MGI: 108451 HomoloGene: 31015 GeneCards: ACACA | ||
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 also known as ACC-alpha or ACCa is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACACA gene.
Function
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a complex multifunctional enzyme system. ACC is a biotin-containing enzyme which catalyzes the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, the rate-limiting step in fatty acid synthesis. There are two ACC forms, alpha and beta, encoded by two different genes. ACC-alpha is highly enriched in lipogenic tissues. The enzyme is under long term control at the transcriptional and translational levels and under short term regulation by the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of targeted serine residues and by allosteric transformation by citrate or palmitoyl-CoA.
References
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