======= SOAT2 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: SOAT2 * **Official Name**: sterol O-acyltransferase 2 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=8435|8435]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O75908|O75908]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=SOAT2&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20SOAT2|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/601311|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Plays a role in lipoprotein assembly and dietary cholesterol absorption. In addition to its acyltransferase activity, it may act as a ligase. May provide cholesteryl esters for lipoprotein secretion from hepatocytes and intestinal mucosa. |MBOAT| |cholesterol O-acyltransferase activity| |steroid esterification| |sterol esterification| |cholesterol esterification| |foam cell differentiation| |macrophage derived foam cell differentiation| |intestinal cholesterol absorption| |very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly| |intestinal lipid absorption| |lipid digestion| |fatty-acyl-CoA binding| |cholesterol efflux| |transferase activity, transferring acyl groups| |low-density lipoprotein particle clearance| |plasma lipoprotein particle assembly| |protein-lipid complex assembly| |intestinal absorption| |plasma lipoprotein particle clearance| |plasma lipoprotein particle organization| |protein-lipid complex subunit organization| |cholesterol binding| |brush border| |cholesterol transport| |sterol transport| |regulation of plasma lipoprotein particle levels| |digestive system process| |cholesterol homeostasis| |sterol homeostasis| |digestion| |cholesterol metabolic process| |secondary alcohol metabolic process| |lipid homeostasis| |sterol metabolic process| |organic hydroxy compound transport| |lipid modification| |steroid metabolic process| |lipid transport| |alcohol metabolic process| |lipid localization| |extracellular structure organization| |organic hydroxy compound metabolic process| |endoplasmic reticulum membrane| |cellular lipid metabolic process| |endoplasmic reticulum| |chemical homeostasis| |lipid metabolic process| |protein-containing complex assembly| |homeostatic process| |small molecule metabolic process| |protein-containing complex subunit organization| |system process| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp272|CHIR-124 0.04μM R06 exp272]]|1.75| |[[:results:exp310|2-Methoxyestradiol 0.55μM R07 exp310]]|1.87| ^Gene^Correlation^ |[[:human genes:p:prim1|PRIM1]]|0.403| 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**: 3768 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -4.01 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}