Gene description for ACAT1
Gene name	acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1
Gene symbol	ACAT1
Other names/aliases	ACAT MAT T2 THIL
Species	Homo sapiens
Database cross references - ACAT1
ExoCarta	ExoCarta_38
Entrez Gene	38
HGNC	93
MIM	607809
UniProt	P24752
ACAT1 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Squamous carcinoma cells	20124223
Urine	19056867

Gene ontology annotations for ACAT1

Molecular Function     metal ion binding GO:0046872 IEA     protein homodimerization activity GO:0042803 IEA     enzyme binding GO:0019899 IEA     acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase activity GO:0003985 EXP     coenzyme binding GO:0050662 IEA Biological Process     branched-chain amino acid catabolic process GO:0009083 TAS     response to hormone GO:0009725 IEA     liver development GO:0001889 IEA     brain development GO:0007420 IEA     cellular ketone body metabolic process GO:0046950 TAS     adipose tissue development GO:0060612 IEA     ketone body catabolic process GO:0046952 TAS     cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process GO:0034641 TAS     protein homooligomerization GO:0051260 IEA     response to starvation GO:0042594 IEA     cellular lipid metabolic process GO:0044255 TAS     metanephric proximal convoluted tubule development GO:0072229 IEA     ketone body biosynthetic process GO:0046951 TAS     small molecule metabolic process GO:0044281 TAS     response to organic cyclic compound GO:0014070 IEA Subcellular Localization     extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA     mitochondrial inner membrane GO:0005743 IEA     mitochondrion GO:0005739 IDA     mitochondrial matrix GO:0005759 TAS