ACAA1

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox 3-Ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, peroxisomal also known as acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACAA1 gene.[1][2][3]

Acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 1 is an acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase enzyme.

Function

This gene encodes an enzyme operative in the beta oxidation system of the peroxisomes.[1]

Clinical significance

Deficiency of this enzyme leads to pseudo-Zellweger syndrome.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Entrez Gene: acetyl-Coenzyme A acyltransferase 1".
  2. ^ Bout A, Hoovers JM, Bakker E, Mannens MM, Geurts van Kessel A, Westerveld A, Tager JM, Benne R (1989). "Assignment of the gene coding for human peroxisomal 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase (ACAA) to chromosome region 3p22----p23". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 52 (3–4): 147–50. doi:10.1159/000132865. PMID 2630187.
  3. ^ Bout A, Franse MM, Collins J, Blonden L, Tager JM, Benne R (August 1991). "Characterization of the gene encoding human peroxisomal 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase (ACAA). No large DNA rearrangement in a thiolase-deficient patient". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1090 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1016/0167-4781(91)90035-k. PMID 1679347.

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.