HMGCS2
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (mitochondrial) is an enzyme in humans that is encoded by the HMGCS2 gene.[5]
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the HMG-CoA synthase family. It is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the second and rate-limiting reaction of ketogenesis, a metabolic pathway that provides lipid-derived energy for various organs during times of carbohydrate deprivation, such as fasting, by addition of a third acetyl group to acetoacetyl-CoA, producing HMG-CoA. Mutations in this gene are associated with HMG-CoA synthase deficiency. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134240 - Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027875 - Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ a b "Entrez Gene: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (mitochondrial)".
External links[]
- Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P54868 (Human Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase, mitochondrial) at the PDBe-KB.
Categories:
- Genes on human chromosome 1
- EC 2.3.3
- Human proteins
- Human chromosome 1 gene stubs