| Protein Name | lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 3931 |
| Gene Symbol | LCAT |
| UniProt | P04180 (LCAT_HUMAN), A0A140VK24 (A0A140VK24_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 799 |
Description |
lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase |
| Gene Summary |
This gene encodes the extracellular cholesterol esterifying enzyme, lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase. The esterification of cholesterol is required for cholesterol transport. Mutations in this gene have been found to cause fish-eye disease as well as LCAT deficiency. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
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