Mus musculus Gene: Sqle
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-143960.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Sqle
Gene Name squalene epoxidase
Synonyms AI323792
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000022351
Encoded Proteins
squalene epoxidase
squalene epoxidase
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000104549:
Squalene epoxidase catalyzes the first oxygenation step in sterol biosynthesis and is thought to be one of the rate-limiting enzymes in this pathway. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 15:59315077-59331192
Strand Forward strand
Band D1
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000022977 ENSMUSP00000022977
ENSMUST00000100640 ENSMUSP00000098205
ENSMUST00000162142
ENSMUST00000161953
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 5 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 5 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004506 squalene monooxygenase activity
GO:0050660 flavin adenine dinucleotide binding
Biological Process
GO:0006725 cellular aromatic compound metabolic process
GO:0008203 cholesterol metabolic process
GO:0010033 response to organic substance
GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction process
Cellular Component
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Activation of gene expression by SREBF (SREBP) pathway
Regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis by SREBP (SREBF) pathway
Metabolism pathway
Metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins pathway
Cholesterol biosynthesis pathway
KEGG
Steroid biosynthesis pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Pathway Predictions based on Human Orthology Data
NETPATH
REACTOME
Activation of gene expression by SREBF (SREBP) pathway
Regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis by SREBP (SREBF) pathway
Cholesterol biosynthesis pathway
Metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins pathway
Metabolism pathway
KEGG
Steroid biosynthesis pathway
INOH
Steroids metabolism pathway
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt P52019
TrEMBL Q3TQK8
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 20775
UniGene Mm.296169
RefSeq NM_009270
OMIM
CCDS CCDS27497
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID MGI:109296
MGI Symbol Sqle
EMBL AK163502 BC042781 BC056361 CH466545 D42048
GenPept AAH42781 AAH56361 BAA07649 BAE37374 EDL29326
RNA Seq Atlas 20775