LPCAT1
Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the LPCAT1 gene.[1]
Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) acyltransferase (LPCAT; EC 2.3.1.23) catalyzes the conversion of LPC to phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the remodeling pathway of PC biosynthesis.[2]
References
- ↑ “Entrez Gene: Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1”.
- ↑ Nakanishi H, Shindou H, Hishikawa D, Harayama T, Ogasawara R, Suwabe A, Taguchi R, Shimizu T (2006). “Cloning and characterization of mouse lung-type acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1). Expression in alveolar type II cells and possible involvement in surfactant production”. J. Biol. Chem. 281 (29): 20140–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M600225200. PMID 16704971.
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