Gene description for Acat2
Gene name acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2
Gene symbol Acat2
Other names/aliases AW742799
Tcp-1x
Tcp1-rs1
Species Mus musculus
 Database cross references - Acat2
ExoCarta ExoCarta_110460
Entrez Gene 110460
UniProt Q8CAY6  
 Acat2 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Pancreatic cells 19351151    
 Gene ontology annotations for Acat2
Molecular Function
    catalytic activity GO:0003824 IEA
    transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups GO:0016747 IEA
    transferase activity, transferring acyl groups GO:0016746 IEA
    acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase activity GO:0003985 ISO
    transferase activity GO:0016740 IEA
Biological Process
    metabolic process GO:0008152 IEA
Subcellular Localization
    mitochondrion GO:0005739 IDA
    cytoplasm GO:0005737 ISO
    nucleoplasm GO:0005654 ISO
    nucleus GO:0005634 ISO
    nucleolus GO:0005730 ISO
    cytosol GO:0005829 ISO
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 ISO
 Experiment description of studies that identified Acat2 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 188
ISEV standards
EM
EV Biophysical techniques
GAPDH|UCHL1|HSP90
EV Cytosolic markers
EV Membrane markers
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 19351151    
Organism Mus musculus
Experiment description Characterization of vesicles secreted from insulinoma NIT-1 cells.
Authors Lee HS, Jeong J, Lee KJ.
Journal name J Proteome Res
Publication year 2009
Sample Pancreatic cells
Sample name Pancreatic beta cell (NIT-1)
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Sucrose density gradient
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for Acat2
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which Acat2 is involved
No pathways found





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