ACSL3

ACSL3
Identifiers
Aliases ACSL3, ACS3, FACL3, PRO2194, acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 3
External IDs MGI: 1921455 HomoloGene: 3278 GeneCards: ACSL3
RNA expression pattern




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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2181

74205

Ensembl

ENSG00000123983

ENSMUSG00000032883

UniProt

O95573

Q9CZW4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004457
NM_203372

NM_001033606
NM_001136222
NM_028817

RefSeq (protein)

NP_004448.2
NP_976251.1

NP_001028778.2
NP_001129694.1
NP_083093.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 222.86 – 222.94 Mb Chr 1: 78.66 – 78.71 Mb
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Long-chain-fatty-acid—CoA ligase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACSL3 gene.[3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is an isozyme of the long-chain fatty-acid-coenzyme A ligase family. Although differing in substrate specificity, subcellular localization, and tissue distribution, all isozymes of this family convert free long-chain fatty acids into fatty acyl-CoA esters, and thereby play a key role in lipid biosynthesis and fatty acid degradation. This isozyme is highly expressed in brain, and preferentially utilizes myristate, arachidonate, and eicosapentaenoate as substrates. The amino acid sequence of this isozyme is 92% identical to that of rat homolog. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[3]

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