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sterol O-acyltransferase 2

Summary

Gene Symbol

SOAT2

Organism

Gorilla gorilla gorilla (western lowland gorilla)

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NCBI Gene: 101143800
KEGG Gene ID: ggo:101143800
PubChem: 101143800

Annotation

Keyword

Acyltransferase
Cholesterol metabolism
Endoplasmic reticulum
Reference proteome
Transmembrane helix

Proteins

Displaying 1 entry
UniProt	Protein Name
G3QKW0

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
cholesterol metabolic process	IEA	30032202
cholesterol efflux	IEA	30032202
cholesterol homeostasis	IEA	22301074

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

primary metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

steroid metabolic process [inference]

sterol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

small molecule metabolic process [inference]

alcohol metabolic process [inference]

secondary alcohol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

steroid metabolic process [inference]

sterol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

organic cyclic compound metabolic process [inference]

steroid metabolic process [inference]

sterol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

organic hydroxy compound metabolic process [inference]

alcohol metabolic process [inference]

secondary alcohol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

sterol metabolic process [inference]

cholesterol metabolic process

homeostatic process [inference]

chemical homeostasis [inference]

lipid homeostasis [inference]

sterol homeostasis [inference]

cholesterol homeostasis

localization [inference]

establishment of localization [inference]

transport [inference]

organic substance transport [inference]

lipid transport [inference]

sterol transport [inference]

cholesterol transport [inference]

cholesterol efflux

organic hydroxy compound transport [inference]

sterol transport [inference]

cholesterol transport [inference]

cholesterol efflux

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IEA	30032202

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

membrane [inference]

organelle membrane [inference]

endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
fatty-acyl-CoA binding	IEA	30032202
cholesterol binding	IEA	30032202
cholesterol O-acyltransferase activity	IEA	22301074 30032202

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

transferase activity [inference]

acyltransferase activity [inference]

acyltransferase activity, transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups [inference]

O-acyltransferase activity [inference]

sterol O-acyltransferase activity [inference]

cholesterol O-acyltransferase activity

binding [inference]

lipid binding [inference]

steroid binding [inference]

sterol binding [inference]

cholesterol binding

fatty acid derivative binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

amide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

small molecule binding [inference]

alcohol binding [inference]

cholesterol binding

heterocyclic compound binding [inference]

nucleotide binding [inference]

purine nucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl nucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

purine ribonucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

ribonucleotide binding [inference]

purine ribonucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

ion binding [inference]

anion binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

organic cyclic compound binding [inference]

steroid binding [inference]

sterol binding [inference]

cholesterol binding

nucleoside phosphate binding [inference]

nucleotide binding [inference]

purine nucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl nucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

purine ribonucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

ribonucleotide binding [inference]

purine ribonucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

carbohydrate derivative binding [inference]

ribonucleotide binding [inference]

purine ribonucleotide binding [inference]

adenyl ribonucleotide binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

sulfur compound binding [inference]

acyl-CoA binding [inference]

fatty-acyl-CoA binding

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

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Acknowledgements

Supported by JST NBDC Grant Number JPMJND2204

Partly supported by NIH Common Fund Grant #1U01GM125267-01

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