| ncRNA Symbol: | ACACA |
| Full Name: | acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha |
| Category: | mRNA |
| Synonyms: | ACAC|ACACAD|ACC|ACC1|ACCA |
| Chromosome: | chr17 |
| Strand: | - |
| Coordinate: | | Start Site(bp): | 37084988 | End Site(bp): | 37406818 | |
| Gene Summary: | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a complex multifunctional enzyme system. ACC is a biotin-containing enzyme which catalyzes the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, the rate-limiting step in fatty acid synthesis. There are two ACC forms, alpha and beta, encoded by two different genes. ACC-alpha is highly enriched in lipogenic tissues. The enzyme is under long term control at the transcriptional and translational levels and under short term regulation by the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of targeted serine residues and by allosteric transformation by citrate or palmitoyl-CoA. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants divergent in the 5' sequence and encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
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