Entrez gene ID | | 586 |
Official gene symbol | | BCAT1 |
Full name | | branched chain amino-acid transaminase 1, cytosolic |
Aliases | | ,BCATC,BCT1,DKFZp686E12175,ECA39,MECA39,PNAS121,PP18, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes the cytosolic form of the enzyme branched-chain amino acid transaminase. This enzyme catalyzes the reversible transamination of branched-chain alpha-keto acids to branched-chain L-amino acids essential for cell growth. Two different clinical disorders have been attributed to a defect of branched-chain amino acid transamination: hypervalinemia and hyperleucine-isoleucinemia. As there is also a gene encoding a mitochondrial form of this enzyme, mutations in either gene may contribute to these disorders. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 12 Locus: 12p12.1 |
Gene position | | 25102393 - 24962958 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 139436 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 113520 |
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