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RETSAT

All-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RETSAT gene.[1][2][3]

Alternative names:

  • All-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol saturase

Short name:

  • RetSat
  • PPAR-alpha-regulated and starvation-induced gene protein[4]


References

  1. Clark HF, Gurney AL, Abaya E, Baker K, Baldwin D, Brush J, Chen J, Chow B, Chui C, Crowley C, Currell B, Deuel B, Dowd P, Eaton D, Foster J, Grimaldi C, Gu Q, Hass PE, Heldens S, Huang A, Kim HS, Klimowski L, Jin Y, Johnson S, Lee J, Lewis L, Liao D, Mark M, Robbie E, Sanchez C, Schoenfeld J, Seshagiri S, Simmons L, Singh J, Smith V, Stinson J, Vagts A, Vandlen R, Watanabe C, Wieand D, Woods K, Xie MH, Yansura D, Yi S, Yu G, Yuan J, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Goddard A, Wood WI, Godowski P, Gray A (Oct 2003). “The Secreted Protein Discovery Initiative (SPDI), a Large-Scale Effort to Identify Novel Human Secreted and Transmembrane Proteins: A Bioinformatics Assessment”. Genome Res. 13 (10): 2265–70. doi:10.1101/gr.1293003. PMC 403697. PMID 12975309.
  2. Moise AR, Kuksa V, Imanishi Y, Palczewski K (Nov 2004). “Identification of All-trans-Retinol:All-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol Saturase*”. J Biol Chem. 279 (48): 50230–42. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409130200. PMC 2665716. PMID 15358783.
  3. “Entrez Gene: RETSAT retinol saturase (all-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase)”.
  4. “RETSAT – All-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase precursor – Homo sapiens (Human) – RETSAT gene & protein”. www.uniprot.org. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

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