Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP02518
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 2
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2-like protein 4
  2. Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase candidate 4
  3. Long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase 2
  4. Multifunctional O-acyltransferase
  5. Wax synthase
  6. hDC4
  7. hWS
  8. Acyl-CoA retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase
  9. ARAT
  10. Retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase
Gene Name AWAT2
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
Specific Function Acyltransferase that predominantly esterify long chain (wax) alcohols with acyl-CoA-derived fatty acids to produce wax esters. Wax esters are enriched in sebum, suggesting that it plays a central role in lipid metabolism in skin. Has no activity using decyl alcohol and significantly prefers the C16 and C18 alcohols. May also have 2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase (MGAT) and acyl-CoA:retinol acyltransferase (ARAT) activities, to catalyze the synthesis of diacylglycerols and retinyl esters; however this activity is unclear in vivo.
GO Classification
Biological Process
wax biosynthetic process
Cellular Component
integral to membrane
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
Molecular Function
long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase activity
retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase activity
Cellular Location
  1. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location X
Locus Xq13.1
SNPs AWAT2
Gene Sequence
>1002 bp
ATGCTCTTGCCCTCTAAGAAGGACCTCAAGACTGCCCTGGATGTCTTTGCTGTTTTCCAG
TGGTCCTTCAGTGCCTTGCTTATCACAACCACTGTGATTGCTGTCAACCTCTACCTGGTG
GTGTTCACACCATACTGGCCTGTCACTGTGCTTATTCTTACCTGGCTGGCTTTTGACTGG
AAGACCCCTCAGCGAGGCGGCCGCCGGTTTACCTGTGTGAGGCACTGGCGCCTGTGGAAA
CACTACAGCGATTATTTCCCTCTCAAGCTTCTGAAGACTCATGACATCTGCCCCAGCCGC
AACTACATCCTCGTCTGCCACCCTCATGGGCTCTTTGCCCATGGATGGTTTGGCCACTTT
GCCACAGAGGCCTCAGGCTTCTCCAAGATATTTCCTGGCATCACCCCTTACATACTCACA
CTGGGAGCCTTTTTCTGGATGCCTTTCCTCAGAGAATATGTAATGTCTACAGGGGCCTGC
TCTGTGAGTCGATCCTCCATTGACTTTCTGCTGACTCATAAAGGCACAGGCAACATGGTC
ATTGTGGTGATTGGTGGACTGGCTGAGTGCAGATACAGCCTGCCAGGTTCTTCTACCCTG
GTGTTGAAGAACCGGTCTGGCTTTGTGCGCATGGCCCTTCAGCATGGGGTGCCTCTAATA
CCTGCCTATGCCTTTGGGGAGACGGACCTCTATGATCAGCACATTTTCACTCCTGGTGGC
TTTGTCAACCGCTTCCAGAAGTGGTTCCAGAGCATGGTACACATCTACCCTTGTGCTTTC
TATGGACGTGGCTTCACCAAGAACTCCTGGGGCCTTCTGCCCTATAGTCGGCCTGTAACC
ACCATCGTCGGGGAGCCTCTACCAATGCCCAAGATTGAGAATCCAAGCCAGGAGATCGTG
GCTAAATATCACACACTCTATATTGATGCCCTACGTAAACTGTTTGACCAGCATAAGACC
AAGTTTGGTATCTCAGAGACCCAGGAGCTGGAGATAATTTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 333
Molecular Weight 38093.25
Theoretical pI 9.343
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 2
MLLPSKKDLKTALDVFAVFQWSFSALLITTTVIAVNLYLVVFTPYWPVTVLILTWLAFDW
KTPQRGGRRFTCVRHWRLWKHYSDYFPLKLLKTHDICPSRNYILVCHPHGLFAHGWFGHF
ATEASGFSKIFPGITPYILTLGAFFWMPFLREYVMSTGACSVSRSSIDFLLTHKGTGNMV
IVVIGGLAECRYSLPGSSTLVLKNRSGFVRMALQHGVPLIPAYAFGETDLYDQHIFTPGG
FVNRFQKWFQSMVHIYPCAFYGRGFTKNSWGLLPYSRPVTTIVGEPLPMPKIENPSQEIV
AKYHTLYIDALRKLFDQHKTKFGISETQELEII
GenBank ID Protein 49854214
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q6E213
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name AWAT2_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AY605053
GeneCard ID AWAT2
GenAtlas ID AWAT2
HGNC ID HGNC:23251
References
General References Not Available