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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP03089
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 8626
  • HMDBP04644
Name 2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
Synonyms
  1. Acyl-CoA:monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2
  2. Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase candidate 5
  3. Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2-like protein 5
  4. MGAT2
  5. Monoacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
  6. hDC5
  7. hMGAT2
Gene Name MOGAT2
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
Specific Function 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.
Pathways
  • Fat digestion and absorption
  • triacylglycerol biosynthesis
Reactions
Acyl-CoA + 2-acylglycerol → Coenzyme A + DG(22:6(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)/22:6(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z)/0:0) details
GO Classification
Biological Process
glycerol metabolic process
diacylglycerol biosynthetic process
intestinal absorption
triglyceride biosynthetic process
Cellular Component
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
endoplasmic reticulum
integral to membrane
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
Molecular Function
acetyltransferase activity
2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity
Cellular Location
  1. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 11
Locus 11q13.5
SNPs MOGAT2
Gene Sequence
>1005 bp
ATGGTAGAGTTCGCGCCCTTGTTTATGCCGTGGGAGCGCAGGCTGCAGACACTTGCTGTC
CTACAGTTTGTCTTCTCCTTCTTGGCACTGGCCGAGATCTGCACTGTGGGCTTCATAGCC
CTCCTGTTTACAAGATTCTGGCTCCTCACTGTCCTGTATGCGGCCTGGTGGTATCTGGAC
CGAGACAAGCCACGGCAGGGGGGCCGGCACATCCAGGCCATCAGGTGCTGGACTATATGG
AAGTACATGAAGGACTATTTCCCCATCTCGCTGGTCAAGACTGCTGAGCTGGACCCCTCT
CGGAACTACATTGCGGGCTTCCACCCCCATGGAGTCCTGGCAGTCGGAGCCTTTGCCAAC
CTGTGCACTGAGAGCACAGGCTTCTCTTCGATCTTCCCCGGTATCCGCCCCCATCTGATG
ATGCTGACCTTGTGGTTCCGGGCCCCCTTCTTCAGAGATTACATCATGTCTGCAGGGTTG
GTCACATCAGAAAAGGAGAGTGCTGCTCACATTCTGAACAGGAAGGGTGGCGGAAACTTG
CTGGGCATCATTGTAGGGGGTGCCCAGGAGGCCCTGGATGCCAGGCCTGGATCCTTCACG
CTGTTACTGCGGAACCGAAAGGGCTTCGTCAGGCTCGCCCTGACACACGGGGCACCCCTG
GTGCCAATCTTCTCCTTCGGGGAGAATGACCTATTTGACCAGATTCCCAACTCTTCTGGC
TCCTGGTTACGCTATATCCAGAATCGGTTGCAGAAGATCATGGGCATCTCCCTCCCACTC
TTTCATGGCCGTGGTGTCTTCCAGTACAGCTTTGGTTTAATACCCTACCGCCGGCCCATC
ACCACTGTGGTGGGGAAGCCCATCGAGGTACAGAAGACGCTGCATCCCTCGGAGGAGGAG
GTGAACCAGCTGCACCAGCGTTATATCAAAGAGCTGTGCAACCTCTTCGAGGCCCACAAA
CTTAAGTTCAACATCCCTGCTGACCAGCACTTGGAGTTCTGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 334
Molecular Weight 38195.285
Theoretical pI 9.394
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
MVEFAPLFMPWERRLQTLAVLQFVFSFLALAEICTVGFIALLFTRFWLLTVLYAAWWYLD
RDKPRQGGRHIQAIRCWTIWKYMKDYFPISLVKTAELDPSRNYIAGFHPHGVLAVGAFAN
LCTESTGFSSIFPGIRPHLMMLTLWFRAPFFRDYIMSAGLVTSEKESAAHILNRKGGGNL
LGIIVGGAQEALDARPGSFTLLLRNRKGFVRLALTHGAPLVPIFSFGENDLFDQIPNSSG
SWLRYIQNRLQKIMGISLPLFHGRGVFQYSFGLIPYRRPITTVVGKPIEVQKTLHPSEEE
VNQLHQRYIKELCNLFEAHKLKFNIPADQHLEFC
GenBank ID Protein 37537527
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q3SYC2
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name MOGT2_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID NM_025098.2
GeneCard ID MOGAT2
GenAtlas ID MOGAT2
HGNC ID HGNC:23248
References
General References
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