======= MOGAT2 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: MOGAT2 * **Official Name**: monoacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=80168|80168]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q3SYC2|Q3SYC2]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=MOGAT2&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20MOGAT2|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/610270|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Catalyzes the formation of diacylglycerol from 2- monoacylglycerol and fatty acyl-CoA. Has a preference toward monoacylglycerols containing unsaturated fatty acids in an order of C18:3 > C18:2 > C18:1 > C18:0. Plays a central role in absorption of dietary fat in the small intestine by catalyzing the resynthesis of triacylglycerol in enterocytes. May play a role in diet-induced obesity. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12621063}. |DAGAT| |perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum membrane| |diacylglycerol biosynthetic process| |2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity| |acetyltransferase activity| |triglyceride biosynthetic process| |glycerol metabolic process| |diacylglycerol metabolic process| |neutral lipid biosynthetic process| |acylglycerol biosynthetic process| |alditol metabolic process| |intestinal absorption| |digestive system process| |triglyceride metabolic process| |acylglycerol metabolic process| |neutral lipid metabolic process| |polyol metabolic process| |digestion| |cellular carbohydrate metabolic process| |glycerolipid biosynthetic process| |alcohol metabolic process| |glycerolipid metabolic process| |organic hydroxy compound metabolic process| |carbohydrate metabolic process| |lipid biosynthetic process| |endoplasmic reticulum membrane| |cellular lipid metabolic process| |endoplasmic reticulum| |lipid metabolic process| |small molecule metabolic process| |system process| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp453|B02 10μM R08 exp453]]|-1.8| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 15040 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -7.68 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}