MOGAT2

MOGAT2
Identifiers
Aliases	MOGAT2, DGAT2L5, MGAT2, DGAT2L5., hDC5, monoacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 610270; MGI: 2663253; HomoloGene: 57020; GeneCards: MOGAT2; OMA:MOGAT2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	75,732,958 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	98,887,826 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	mucosa of ileum; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; right lobe of liver; ; testicle; ; rectum; ; jejunal mucosa; ; duodenum; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; epithelium of colon; ; appendix;
	Top expressed in
	epithelium of small intestine; ; intestinal villus; ; ileum; ; jejunum; ; yolk sac; ; duodenum; ; primitive streak; ; migratory enteric neural crest cell; ; epiblast; ; somite;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	transferase activity; acetyltransferase activity; acyltransferase activity; acyltransferase activity, transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups; 2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; endoplasmic reticulum; membrane; endoplasmic reticulum membrane;
Biological process	intestinal absorption; glycerol metabolic process; diacylglycerol biosynthetic process; lipid metabolism; triglyceride biosynthetic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	80168
	233549
	ENSG00000166391
	ENSMUSG00000052396
	Q3SYC2
	Q80W94
	NM_025098
	NM_177448
	NP_079374
	NP_803231
	Wikidata
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2-Acylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 also known as acyl-CoA:monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (MGAT2) or Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase candidate 5 (DC5) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MOGAT2 gene.

MOGAT2 and the related MOGAT3 genes are members of the acylglycerol o-acyltransferase family (DGAT2/MOGAT) and are involved in the synthesis of diacylglycerol (DAG) and triacylglycerol (TAG) from monoacylglycerol (MAG).

MOGAT2 and also MOGAT3 are single copy genes in almost all mammals. However, in ruminants both genes have undergone tandem gene expansion, indicate of evolving functionality. MOGAT2 has more than five tandemly duplicated copies in sheep with the first copy expressed in the duodenum and the last copy expressed in the skin, with no expression of any copy detected in the liver.