Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 23464
Gene name Glycine C-acetyltransferase
Gene symbol GCAT
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
KBL
Chromosome 22
Chromosome location 22q13.1
Summary The degradation of L-threonine to glycine consists of a two-step biochemical pathway involving the enzymes L-threonine dehydrogenase and 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase. L-Threonine is first converted into 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate by L-threonine de
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT038791 hsa-miR-93-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT1014265 hsa-miR-125a-3p CLIP-seq
MIRT1014266 hsa-miR-136 CLIP-seq
MIRT1014267 hsa-miR-3155 CLIP-seq
MIRT1014268 hsa-miR-3155b CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus IDA 17688197
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus IEA
GO:0005654 Component Nucleoplasm IDA
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IEA
GO:0005739 Component Mitochondrion HTP 34800366
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607422 4188 ENSG00000100116
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O75600
Protein name 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase, mitochondrial (AKB ligase) (EC 2.3.1.29) (Aminoacetone synthase) (Glycine acetyltransferase)
Protein function Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme, which catalyzes the cleavage of 2-amino-3-oxobutanoate to glycine and acetyl-CoA.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00155 Aminotran_1_2 66 408 Aminotransferase class I and II Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Strongly expressed in heart, brain, liver and pancreas. Also found in lung. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10712613}.
Sequence
Sequence length 419
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism
Metabolic pathways
  Threonine catabolism
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
HEARING LOSS GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
HYPERTENSION GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
KIDNEY CANCER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Carcinoma of lung Lung carcinoma BEFREE 26261647
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Malignant neoplasm of lung Lung Cancer BEFREE 26261647
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Malignant Neoplasms Malignant Neoplasm BEFREE 12174908
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Pubtator 37579195 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only