Identification of a novel sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase isoform, GPAT4, as the enzyme deficient in Agpat6 -/- mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-831

  Nagle, Cynthia A ^a   Vergnes, Laurent ^b   Dejong, Hendrik ^a   Wang, Shuli ^a   Lewin, Tal M ^a   Reue, Karen ^b   Coleman, Rosalind A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A; Lipodystrophy; Phospholipid; Sn 1 acylglycerol 3 phosphate o acyltransferase deficient mice; Steatosis; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OLEIC ACID; SN 1 ACYLGLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE O ACYLTRANSFERASE 6; SN GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; SN GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; SN GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 3; SN GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1 ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GPAT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

1-ACYLGLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIGLYCERIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44949176737     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700592-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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