BCAT2 (branched chain amino acid transaminase 2)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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587 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Branched chain amino acid transaminase 2 |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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BCAT2 |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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BCAM, BCATM, BCT2, HVLI, PP18 |
Disease Acronyms (UniProt)
Disease acronyms from UniProt database
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HVLI |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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19 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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19q13.33 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a branched chain aminotransferase found in mitochondria. The encoded protein forms a dimer that catalyzes the first step in the production of the branched chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Multiple transcript variants en |
miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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Protein | |||||||||||
UniProt ID | O15382 | ||||||||||
Protein name | Branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase, mitochondrial (BCAT(m)) (EC 2.6.1.42) (Placental protein 18) (PP18) | ||||||||||
Protein function | Catalyzes the first reaction in the catabolism of the essential branched chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and valine (PubMed:17050531, PubMed:25653144, PubMed:8702755). May also function as a transporter of branched chain alpha-keto acids | ||||||||||
PDB | 1EKF , 1EKP , 1EKV , 1KT8 , 1KTA , 2A1H , 2HDK , 2HG8 , 2HGW , 2HGX , 2HHF , 5BWR , 5BWT , 5BWU , 5BWV , 5BWW , 5BWX , 5CR5 , 5HNE , 5I5S , 5I5T , 5I5U , 5I5V , 5I5W , 5I5X , 5I5Y , 5I60 , 5MPR , 6PRX | ||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitous. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11170829}. | ||||||||||
Sequence |
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Sequence length | 392 | ||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |