HMGCS2 (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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3158 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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HMGCS2 |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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1 |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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1p12 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the HMG-CoA synthase family. It is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the first reaction of ketogenesis, a metabolic pathway that provides lipid-derived energy for various organs during times of carbohydrate |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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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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| UniProt ID | P54868 | |||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase, mitochondrial (HMG-CoA synthase) (EC 2.3.3.10) (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Catalyzes the first irreversible step in ketogenesis, condensing acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA to form HMG-CoA, which is converted by HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) into mevalonate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11228257, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23751782, ECO:00002 | |||||||||||||||
| PDB | 2WYA | |||||||||||||||
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Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expression in liver is 200-fold higher than in any other tissue. Low expression in colon, kidney, testis, and pancreas. Very low expression in heart and skeletal muscle (PubMed:16940161, PubMed:21952825, PubMed:7893153). Not detected i | |||||||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 508 | |||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
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