Mus musculus Gene: Soat2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-187859.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Soat2
Gene Name sterol O-acyltransferase 2
Synonyms
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000023045
Encoded Proteins
sterol O-acyltransferase 2
sterol O-acyltransferase 2
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 ENSG00000167780:
Summary:This gene is a member of a small family of acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferases. The gene encodes a membrane-bound enzyme localized in the endoplasmic reticulum that produces intracellular cholesterol esters from long-chain fatty acyl CoA and cholesterol. The cholesterol esters are then stored as cytoplasmic lipid droplets inside the cell. The enzyme is implicated in cholesterol absorption in the intestine and in the assembly and secretion of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins such as very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 15:102150526-102163474
Strand Forward strand
Band F2
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000023806 ENSMUSP00000023806
ENSMUST00000160465 ENSMUSP00000124628
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 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 1 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0000062 fatty-acyl-CoA binding
GO:0004772 sterol O-acyltransferase activity
GO:0015485 cholesterol binding
GO:0034736 cholesterol O-acyltransferase activity
Biological Process
GO:0008203 cholesterol metabolic process
GO:0033344 cholesterol efflux
GO:0034379 very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly
GO:0034435 cholesterol esterification
Cellular Component
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0005903 brush border
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
KEGG
Steroid biosynthesis pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Pathway Predictions based on Human Orthology Data
NETPATH
REACTOME
KEGG
Steroid biosynthesis pathway
INOH
Steroids metabolism pathway
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt O88908
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 223920
UniGene Mm.358862
RefSeq NM_146064
OMIM
CCDS CCDS27872
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID MGI:1332226
MGI Symbol Soat2
EMBL AF078751 BC025931 CH466550
GenPept AAC64057 AAH25931 EDL04004
RNA Seq Atlas 223920