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Homo sapiens Protein: AWAT1
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-74275.5
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol AWAT1
Protein Name acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 1
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000363645
InnateDB Gene IDBG-74273 (AWAT1)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Acyltransferase that predominantly esterify long chain (wax) alcohols with acyl-CoA-derived fatty acids to produce wax esters. Wax esters are enriched in sebum, suggesting that it plays a central role in lipid metabolism in skin. Has a preference for arachidyl alcohol as well as decyl alcohol, demonstrating its relatively poor activity using saturated long chain alcohols (C16, C18, and C20). {ECO:0000269PubMed:15671038}.
Subcellular Localization Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000250}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Predominantly expressed in skin, where it is limited to the sebaceous gland. Expressed in more mature, centrally located cells just before their rupture and sebum release. Also expressed in all tissues except spleen. Expressed at higher level in thymus, prostate and testis. {ECO:0000269PubMed:15671038}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0016747 transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
GO:0047196 long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase activity
Biological Process
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
Cellular Component
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR007130 Diacylglycerol acyltransferase
PFAM PF03982
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q58HT5
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 158833
UniGene Hs.407641
RefSeq NP_001013597
HUGO HGNC:23252
OMIM 300924
CCDS CCDS35321
HPRD 10296
IMGT
EMBL AL357752 AY947638 BC039181 BN000155
GenPept AAX48018 CAD89266 CAI41493

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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