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Crat - carnitine acetyltransferase Gene

Mus musculus

Also known as CARAT

Gene ID: 12908 | Gene type: protein coding

About Crat

Summary

Predicted to enable acyl-CoA oxidase activity and carnitine O-acetyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in carnitine metabolic process, CoA-linked and fatty acid metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. Orthologous to human CRAT (carnitine O-acetyltransferase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Crat Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_007760.3 NP_031786.2 carnitine O-acetyltransferase
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

carnitine O-acetyltransferase

CAT

carnitine acetylase

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Crat NCBI NCBI:1384