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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP03293
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 8871
Name Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4
Synonyms
  1. 1-AGP acyltransferase 6
  2. 1-AGPAT 6
  3. 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 6
  4. Acyl-CoA:glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4
  5. GPAT4
  6. LPAAT-zeta
  7. Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase zeta
Gene Name AGPAT6
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in acyltransferase activity
Specific Function Esterifies acyl-group from acyl-ACP to the sn-1 position of glycerol-3-phosphate, an essential step in glycerolipid biosynthesis. Active against both saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs.
Pathways
  • CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis
  • Glycerolipid metabolism
  • Glycerophospholipid metabolism
Reactions
Acyl-CoA + Glycerol 3-phosphate → Coenzyme A + 1-acyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate details
Acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + Glycerol 3-phosphate → 1-Acyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + Acyl-carrier protein details
GO Classification
Biological Process
acyl-CoA metabolic process
CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthetic process
phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process
fatty acid metabolic process
regulation of multicellular organism growth
phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process
diacylglycerol metabolic process
triglyceride biosynthetic process
lactation
glandular epithelial cell maturation
Cellular Component
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
integral to membrane
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
acyltransferase activity
Molecular Function
glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity
Process
metabolic process
Cellular Location
  1. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 8
Locus 8p11.21
SNPs AGPAT6
Gene Sequence
>1371 bp
ATGTTCCTGTTGCTGCCTTTTGATAGCCTGATTGTCAACCTTCTGGGCATCTCCCTGACT
GTCCTCTTCACCCTCCTTCTCGTTTTCATCATAGTGCCAGCCATTTTTGGAGTCTCCTTT
GGTATCCGCAAACTCTACATGAAAAGTCTGTTAAAAATCTTTGCGTGGGCTACCTTGAGA
ATGGAGCGAGGAGCCAAGGAGAAGAACCACCAGCTTTACAAGCCCTACACCAACGGAATC
ATTGCAAAGGATCCCACTTCACTAGAAGAAGAGATCAAAGAGATTCGTCGAAGTGGTAGT
AGTAAGGCTCTGGACAACACTCCAGAGTTCGAGCTCTCTGACATTTTCTACTTTTGCCGG
AAAGGAATGGAGACCATTATGGATGATGAGGTGACAAAGAGATTCTCAGCAGAAGAACTG
GAGTCCTGGAACCTGCTGAGCAGAACCAATTATAACTTCCAGTACATCAGCCTTCGGCTC
ACGGTCCTGTGGGGGTTAGGAGTGCTGATTCGGTACTGCTTTCTGCTGCCGCTCAGGATA
GCACTGGCTTTCACAGGGATTAGCCTTCTGGTGGTGGGCACAACTGTGGTGGGATACTTG
CCAAATGGGAGGTTTAAGGAGTTCATGAGTAAACATGTTCACTTAATGTGTTACCGGATC
TGCGTGCGAGCGCTGACAGCCATCATCACCTACCATGACAGGGAAAACAGACCAAGAAAT
GGTGGCATCTGTGTGGCCAATCATACCTCACCGATCGATGTGATCATCTTGGCCAGCGAT
GGCTATTATGCCATGGTGGGTCAAGTGCACGGGGGACTCATGGGTGTGATTCAGAGAGCC
ATGGTGAAGGCCTGCCCACACGTCTGGTTTGAGCGCTCGGAAGTGAAGGATCGCCACCTG
GTGGCTAAGAGACTGACTGAACATGTGCAAGATAAAAGCAAGCTGCCTATCCTCATCTTC
CCAGAAGGAACCTGCATCAATAATACATCGGTGATGATGTTCAAAAAGGGAAGTTTTGAA
ATTGGAGCCACAGTTTACCCTGTTGCTATCAAGTATGACCCTCAATTTGGCGATGCCTTC
TGGAACAGCAGCAAATACGGGATGGTGACGTACCTGCTGCGAATGATGACCAGCTGGGCC
ATTGTCTGCAGCGTGTGGTACCTGCCTCCCATGACTAGAGAGGCAGATGAAGATGCTGTC
CAGTTTGCGAATAGGGTGAAATCTGCCATTGCCAGGCAGGGAGGACTTGTGGACCTGCTG
TGGGATGGGGGCCTGAAGAGGGAGAAGGTGAAGGACACGTTCAAGGAGGAGCAGCAGAAG
CTGTACAGCAAGATGATCGTGGGGAACCACAAGGACAGGAGCCGCTCCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 456
Molecular Weight 52070.605
Theoretical pI 9.187
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4
MFLLLPFDSLIVNLLGISLTVLFTLLLVFIIVPAIFGVSFGIRKLYMKSLLKIFAWATLR
MERGAKEKNHQLYKPYTNGIIAKDPTSLEEEIKEIRRSGSSKALDNTPEFELSDIFYFCR
KGMETIMDDEVTKRFSAEELESWNLLSRTNYNFQYISLRLTVLWGLGVLIRYCFLLPLRI
ALAFTGISLLVVGTTVVGYLPNGRFKEFMSKHVHLMCYRICVRALTAIITYHDRENRPRN
GGICVANHTSPIDVIILASDGYYAMVGQVHGGLMGVIQRAMVKACPHVWFERSEVKDRHL
VAKRLTEHVQDKSKLPILIFPEGTCINNTSVMMFKKGSFEIGATVYPVAIKYDPQFGDAF
WNSSKYGMVTYLLRMMTSWAIVCSVWYLPPMTREADEDAVQFANRVKSAIARQGGLVDLL
WDGGLKREKVKDTFKEEQQKLYSKMIVGNHKDRSRS
GenBank ID Protein 30142570
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q86UL3
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name GPAT4_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AF406612
GeneCard ID AGPAT6
GenAtlas ID AGPAT6
HGNC ID HGNC:20880
References
General References
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