BAAT Products

Description

BAAT is encoded by this gene is a liver enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of C24 bile acids from the acyl-CoA thioester to either glycine or taurine, the second step in the formation of bile acid-amino acid conjugates. The bile acid conjugates then act as a detergent in the gastrointestinal tract, which enhances lipid and fat-soluble vitamin absorption. Defects in this gene are a cause of familial hypercholanemia (FHCA). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	570 Human
Uniprot	NM_001701 Human NP_001121082 Human NP_001692 Human Q14032 Human
Product By Gene ID	570
Alternate Names	BACAT BATbile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase bile acid CoA: amino acid N-acyltransferase (glycine N-choloyltransferase) bile acid Coenzyme A: amino acid N-acyltransferase (glycineN-choloyltransferase) EC 2.3.1.65 EC 3.1.2.2 FLJ20300 Glycine N-choloyltransferase Long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA hydrolase MGC104432