Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP01676
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Lecithin retinol acyltransferase
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. Phosphatidylcholine--retinol O-acyltransferase
Gene Name LRAT
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in phosphatidylcholine-retinol O-acyltransfera
Specific Function Transfers the acyl group from the sn-1 position of phosphatidylcholine to all-trans retinol, producing all-trans retinyl esters. Retinyl esters are storage forms of vitamin A. LRAT plays a critical role in vision. It provides the all-trans retinyl ester substrates for the isomerohydrolase which processes the esters into 11-cis-retinol in the retinal pigment epithelium; due to a membrane-associated alcohol dehydrogenase, 11 cis-retinol is oxidized and converted into 11-cis-retinaldehyde which is the chromophore for rhodopsin and the cone photopigments.
GO Classification
Biological Process
small molecule metabolic process
embryo development
retinol metabolic process
retinoid metabolic process
steroid metabolic process
visual perception
vitamin A metabolic process
response to stimulus
Cellular Component
perinuclear region of cytoplasm
multivesicular body
integral to membrane
rough endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Molecular Function
retinol binding
phosphatidylcholine-retinol O-acyltransferase activity
retinoic acid binding
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
Cellular Location
  1. Cytoplasm
  2. perinuclear region
  3. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  4. Single-pass membrane protein
  5. Endosome
  6. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
  7. multivesicular body
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 4
Locus 4q32.1
SNPs LRAT
Gene Sequence
>693 bp
ATGAAGAACCCCATGCTGGAGGTGGTGTCTTTACTACTGGAGAAGCTGCTCCTCATCTCC
AACTTCACGCTCTTTAGTTCGGGCGCCGCGGGCAAGGACAAAGGGAGGAACAGTTTTTAT
GAAACCAGCTCTTTCCACCGAGGCGACGTGCTGGAGGTGCCCCGGACCCACCTGACCCAC
TATGGCATCTACCTAGGAGACAACCGTGTTGCCCACATGATGCCCGACATCCTGTTGGCC
CTGACAGACGACATGGGGCGCACGCAGAAGGTGGTCTCCAACAAGCGTCTCATCCTGGGC
GTTATTGTCAAAGTGGCCAGCATCCGCGTGGACACAGTGGAGGACTTCGCCTACGGAGCT
AACATCCTGGTCAATCACCTGGACGAGTCCCTCCAGAAAAAGGCACTGCTCAACGAGGAG
GTGGCGCGGAGGGCTGAAAAGCTGCTGGGCTTTACCCCCTACAGCCTGCTGTGGAACAAC
TGCGAGCACTTCGTGACCTACTGCAGATATGGCACCCCGATCAGTCCCCAGTCCGACAAG
TTTTGTGAGACTGTGAAGATAATTATTCGTGATCAGAGAAGTGTTCTTGCTTCAGCAGTC
TTGGGATTGGCGTCTATAGTCTGTACGGGCTTGGTATCATACACTACCCTTCCTGCAATT
TTTATTCCATTCTTCCTATGGATGGCTGGCTAA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 230
Molecular Weight 25702.635
Theoretical pI 7.46
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Lecithin retinol acyltransferase
MKNPMLEVVSLLLEKLLLISNFTLFSSGAAGEDKGRNSFYETSSFHRGDVLEVPRTHLTH
YGIYLGDNRVAHMMPDILLALTDDMGRTQKVVSNKRLILGVIVKVASIRVDTVEDFAYGA
NILVNHLDESLQKKALLNEEVARRAEKLLGFTPYSLLWNNCEHFVTYCRYGTPISPQSDK
FCETVKIIIRDQRSVLASAVLGLASIVCTGLVSYTTLPAIFIPFFLWMAG
GenBank ID Protein 4240391
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID O95237
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name LRAT_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AF071510
GeneCard ID LRAT
GenAtlas ID LRAT
HGNC ID HGNC:6685
References
General References Not Available