Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, cytosolic, also known as cytosolic acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, is an
enzyme
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that in
human
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s is encoded by the ''ACAT2'' (acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2)
gene
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Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 is an
acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase
In enzymology, an acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
:2 acetyl-CoA \rightleftharpoons CoA + acetoacetyl-CoA
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, acetyl-CoA, and two products, CoA and acetoace ...
enzyme.
Gene
This gene shows complementary
overlapping with the 3-prime region of the
TCP1 gene in both
mouse and human. These genes are encoded on opposite strands of
DNA, as well as in opposite
transcriptional orientation
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Human proteins
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