Protein Name sterol acyltransferase
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 855753
Gene Symbol

ARE2

UniProt P53629 (ARE2_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 25
Total Number of Articles : 29
Description

sterol acyltransferase

Gene Summary

Enables ergosterol O-acyltransferase activity. Involved in ergosterol metabolic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in coronary artery disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Orthologous to human SOAT2 (sterol O-acyltransferase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • sterol acyltransferase
  • YNR019W
  • SAT1
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Properties