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Gene information for GCAT (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID23464
Official gene symbolGCAT
Full nameglycine C-acetyltransferase
Aliases,KBL,MGC23053,
Gene summaryThe degradation of L-threonine to glycine consists of a two-step biochemical pathway involving the enzymes L-threonine dehydrogenase and 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase. L-Threonine is first converted into 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate by L-threonine dehydrogenase. This gene encodes the second enzyme in this pathway, which then catalyzes the reaction between 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate and coenzyme A to form glycine and acetyl-CoA. The encoded enzyme is considered a class II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 14. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 22   Locus: 22q13.1
Gene position38203912 - 38213183  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size9272 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID607422