Function
Involved in glycerolipid synthesis and lipid metabolism. Plays a central role in absorption of dietary fat in the small intestine by catalyzing the resynthesis of triacylglycerol in enterocytes (Probable). Catalyzes the formation of diacylglycerol, the precursor of triacylglycerol, by transferring the acyl chain of a fatty acyl-CoA to a monoacylglycerol.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane (Multi-pass membrane protein); Cytoplasm, perinuclear region
Tissue Specificity: Mainly expressed in small intestine. Detected in the small intestine in a proximal-to-distal gradient that correlated with fat absorption pattern. Present not only in the villi, but also in the crypt regions of the small intestine, which suggests that expression occurs prior to the maturation of enterocytes. Not detectable in other sections of the digestive tract, including stomach, cecum, colon and rectum, or other tissues such as kidney, liver and adipocytes (at protein level). Also detected in kidney, adipose and stomach. Expressed at very low level in liver, skeletal muscle and spleen. Not expressed in brain, heart, lung, skin, testis and thymus
Pathway: Glycerolipid metabolism; triacylglycerol biosynthesis
Product Specifications
Recombinant Mouse 2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (Mogat2) Protein is a recombinant protein from Mus musculus (Mouse), expressed in in vitro E.coli expression system, covering amino acids 1-334aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-tagged tag, molecular weight 44.6kDa, purity Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications. Explore more Enzyme proteins →
