Description
Product Characteristics:
May transfer the acyl-group from acyl-coA to the sn-1 position of glycerol-3-phosphate, an essential step in glycerolipid biosynthesis. Also transfers the acyl-group from acyl-coA to the sn-2 position of 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (lysophosphatidic acid, or LPA), forming 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (phosphatidic acid, or PA).
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: MAG1, AGPAT8, AGPAT9, AGPAT 10, HMFN0839, LPAAT-theta, Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3, GPAT-3, 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 10, 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 9, 1-AGP acyltransferase 9, 1-AGPAT 9, Acyl-CoA:glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3, hGPAT3, Lung cancer metastasis-associated protein 1, Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase theta, MAG-1, GPAT3, UNQ2753/PRO6492
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase protein family. The encoded protein is an enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of glycerol-3-phosphate to lysophosphatidic acid in the synthesis of triacylglycerol. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]