Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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apolipoprotein A-I | - |
Homo sapiens |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | loss-of-function LCAT mutants show highly decreased HDL-cholesteryl ester plasma levels and inability to form mature HDL particles, leading to progressive renal insufficiency, up to end-stage renal disease A, and corneal opacification, as well as to hemolytic anemia, phenotype of heterozygotes and homozygotes | Homo sapiens |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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extracellular | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
- |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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phosphatidylcholine + cholesterol | Homo sapiens | LCAT is critical in the metabolism of HDL | cholesteryl ester + lysophosphatidylcholine | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | - |
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- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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blood plasma | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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phosphatidylcholine + cholesterol | LCAT is critical in the metabolism of HDL | Homo sapiens | cholesteryl ester + lysophosphatidylcholine | - |
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phosphatidylcholine + cholesterol | LCAT hydrolyzes the sn-2 acyl group of phosphatidylcholine and subsequently transfers and esterifies the fatty acid to the beta3-hydroxyl group of free cholesterol using apolipoprotein A-I as cofactor | Homo sapiens | cholesteryl ester + lysophosphatidylcholine | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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LCAT | - |
Homo sapiens |
lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase | - |
Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | native mutants show the fish-eye disease | Homo sapiens |
physiological function | LCAT expression is inversely related to atherosclerosis, the enzyme is not atheroprotective | Homo sapiens |