Description
Product Characteristics:
Esterifies acyl-group from acyl-ACP to the sn-1 position of glycerol-3-phosphate, an essential step in glycerolipid biosynthesis.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: GPAT, GPAT1, Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 1, mitochondrial, GPAT-1, GPAM, KIAA1560
Target Information: This gene encodes a mitochondrial enzyme which prefers saturated fatty acids as its substrate for the synthesis of glycerolipids. This metabolic pathway's first step is catalyzed by the encoded enzyme. Two forms for this enzyme exist, one in the mitochondria and one in the endoplasmic reticulum. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]