LPCAT4
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: LPCAT4
- Official Name: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 4
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 254531
- UniProt: Q643R3
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Displays acyl-CoA-dependent lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity with a subset of lysophospholipids as substrates; converts lysophosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylethanolamine, lysophosphatidylcholine to phosphatidycholine, 1-alkenyl-lysophatidylethanolamine to 1- alkenyl-phosphatidylethanolamine, lysophosphatidylglycerol and alkyl-lysophosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylglycerol and alkyl- phosphatidylcholine, respectively. In contrast, has no lysophosphatidylinositol, glycerol-3-phosphate, diacylglycerol or lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity. Prefers long chain acyl-CoAs (C16, C18) as acyl donors. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18458083}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 4624
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 5.24