lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT, phosphatidylcholine-sterol acyltransferase, phospholipid-cholesterol acyltransferase)

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Function

phosphatidylcholine + a sterol
            <-->
1-acylglycerophosphocholine + a sterol ester

Structure

Expression

Pathology

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Primary Hyperlipoproteinemias, Steiner & Shafrir (eds), McGraw Hill, NY, 1991, pg 30
  2. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, 2nd ed. Burtis CA & Ashwood ER (eds), WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia PA, 1993, pg 1029
  3. OMIM https://mirror.omim.org/entry/245900
  4. UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P04180.html
  5. GeneReviews https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=LCAT
  6. Wikipedia, Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecithin-cholesterol_acyltransferase

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