GCAT

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GCAT
Identifiers
Aliases GCAT , KBL, glycine C-acetyltransferase
External IDs OMIM: 607422; MGI: 1349389; HomoloGene: 8475; GeneCards: GCAT; OMA:GCAT - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001171690
NM_014291

NM_001161712
NM_013847

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001165161
NP_055106

NP_001155184
NP_038875

Location (UCSC)n/an/a
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Glycine C-acetyltransferase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GCAT gene. [3]

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Function

The degradation of L-threonine to glycine consists of a two-step biochemical pathway involving the enzymes L-threonine dehydrogenase and 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase. L-Threonine is first converted into 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate by L-threonine dehydrogenase. This gene encodes the second enzyme in this pathway, which then catalyzes the reaction between 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate and coenzyme A to form glycine and acetyl-CoA. The encoded enzyme is considered a class II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 14.

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References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Entrez Gene: Glycine C-acetyltransferase".

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.