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ACAT2

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Aliases
  
ACAT2

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000120437

Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
39

ACAT2

External IDs
  
MGI: 109182 HomoloGene: 55855 GeneCards: ACAT2

Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, cytosolic, also known as cytosolic acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACAT2 (acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2) gene

Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 is an acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase enzyme.

Gene

This gene shows complementary overlapping with the 3-prime region of the TCP1 gene in both mouse and human. These genes are encoded on opposite strands of DNA, as well as in opposite transcriptional orientation.

References

ACAT2 Wikipedia