acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 12; acyl-CoA thioesterase 12; acyl-CoA thioester hydrolase 12; cytoplasmic acetyl-CoA hydrolase 1; CACH-1; hCACH-1; START domain-containing protein 15; StARD15 (ACOT12 CACH CACH1 STARD15)

Function

• fatty acid metabolism
• hydrolyzes acetyl-CoA to acetate & CoA

Acetyl-CoA + H2O <--> CoA + acetate.

Structure

• homodimer or homotetramer
• contains 2 acyl coenzyme A hydrolase domains
• contains 1 START domain

Compartment

cytoplasm

More general terms

• acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=134526
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:134526
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/614315
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8WYK0.html