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DGAT2 - diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as ARAT; HMFN1045; GS1999FULL

Gene ID: 84649 | Gene type: protein coding

About DGAT2

Cytogenetic location: 11q13.5 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 11:75,768,778-75,801,534 (from NCBI)

This gene has 9 transcripts (splice variants), 221 orthologues, 6 paralogues and is associated with 1 phenotype. Biased expression in fat (RPKM 381.0), liver (RPKM 87.8) and 1 other tissue.

Summary

This gene encodes one of two enzymes which catalyzes the final reaction in the synthesis of triglycerides in which diacylglycerol is covalently bound to long chain fatty acyl-CoAs. The encoded protein catalyzes this reaction at low concentrations of magnesium chloride while the other Enzyme has high activity at high concentrations of magnesium chloride. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]

DGAT2 Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001253891.2 NP_001240820.1 diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 isoform 2
NM_032564.5 NP_115953.2 diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 isoform 1

DGAT2 Protein Structure

DAGAT

DAGAT: Diacylglycerol acyltransferase (92 - 388)

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  • 388 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2

acyl-CoA retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Autosomal Dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2 Due To Dgat2 Mutation

Cmt2 Due To Dgat2 Mutation

Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy

Berardinelli-Seip Congenital Lipodystrophy

Berardinelli-Seip Syndrome

Brunzell Syndrome

Bscl

Generalized Lipodystrophy

Lipodystrophy, Congenital Generalized

Seip Syndrome

Total Lipodystrophy

Cgl

Lipoatrophic Diabetes

Lipodystrophy, Generalized, Congenital

Familial Generalized Lipodystrophy

Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Type 2

Lipoatrophic Diabetes Mellitus

Familial Partial Lipodystrophy, Type 2

Pellagra

Niacin Deficiency

Niacin-Tryptophan Deficiency

Pellagroid Syndrome

Familial Hyperlipidemia

Familial Hyperlipoproteinemia

Hyperlipidaemia

Hyperlipoproteinemias

Hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipemia

Hyperlipidemias

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty Liver

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver

Nafld

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Steatosis

Nafl

Nash

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Susceptibility To Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Steatohepatitis

Fatty Degeneration

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Without Mention Of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Nafld Without Nash

Nafld Without Mention Of Nash

Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome

Neutral Lipid Storage Disease

CDS

Neutral Lipid Storage Disease With Ichthyosis

Triglyceride Storage Disease With Impaired Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation

Triglyceride Storage Disease With Ichthyosis

Nlsdi

Ichthyotic Neutral Lipid Storage Disease

Dorfman-Chanarin Syndrome

Dcs

Chanarin-Dorfman Disease

Ichthyosiform Erythroderma With Leukocyte Vacuolation

Lipidosis With Triglyceride Storage Disease

Disorder Of Cornification 12

Dorfman Chanarin Syndrome

Neutral Lipid Storage Disease With Ichthyotic

Dorfman-Chanarin Disease

Choline Deficiency Disease

Choline Deficiency

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Cmt

Hmsn

Hereditary Motor And Sensory Neuropathy

Pma

Cmt - Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Charcot Marie Tooth Disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome

Peroneal Muscular Atrophy

Hereditary Motor And Sensory Neuropathies

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Nash

Nash - [Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis]

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatosis

Fetal Akinesia Deformation Sequence 1

Fetal Akinesia Deformation Sequence

Fads

Fetal Akinesia Sequence

FADS1

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita With Pulmonary Hypoplasia

Pena-Shokeir Syndrome Type 1

Fetal Akinesia Deformation Sequence Syndrome

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita-Pulmonary Hypoplasia Syndrome

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Pulmonary Hypoplasia

Pena-Shokeir Syndrome, Type I

Foetal Akinesia Deformation Sequence Syndrome

Foetal Akinesia Sequence

Fetal Akinesia Deformation Sequence Syndrome 1

Pena-Shokeir Syndrome, Type 1

Pena Shokeir Syndrome, Type 1

Akinesia, Fetal, Deformation Sequence

Akinesia, Fetal, Deformation Sequence, Type 1

Pena-Shokeir Syndrome Type I

Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 11

OBESITY

Obesity, Susceptibility To

Leanness, Inherited

Obesity, Susceptibility To, Bmiq11

Obesity, Mild, Early-Onset

Obesity, Association With

Obesity, Early-Onset, Susceptibility To

Obesity, Severe

Obesity, Severe, And Type Ii Diabetes

Obesity, Late-Onset

Obesity , Susceptibility To

BMIQ11

Obesity Bmiq11

Obesity, Early-Onset

Simple Obesity Nos

Excess Fat

Obesity, Not Elsewhere Classified, Body Mass Index Not Elsewhere Classified

Adiposis

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Insulin Resistance

NIDDM

Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

T2D

Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus, Type Ii

Maturity-Onset Diabetes

Insulin Resistance, Severe, Digenic

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent

Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Association With

Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Late Onset

Hypertension, Insulin Resistance-Related, Susceptibility To

Insulin Resistance, Susceptibility To

Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus

Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

Maturity-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Type Ii Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Susceptibility To

Diabetes, Type 2

Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility To

Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent, Susceptibility To

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Susceptibility To

Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, 2

Diabetes Mellitus, Type Ii, Susceptibility To

Hypertension, Insulin Resistance-Related

Adult-Onset Diabetes

Aodm

Diabetes Mellitus, Adult-Onset

Diabetes Mellitus Type Ii

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Susceptibility To

Diabetes, Type Ii, Susceptibility To

Diabetes Type 2

Diabetes Mellitus

Adult Onset Diabetes

Maturity Onset Diabetes

Nonketotic Diabetes

Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

T2dm - [Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus]

Niddm - [Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus]

Dm2

Dm Type Ii

Diabetic Type 2

Insulin Requiring Type 2 Diabetes

Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes

Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Without Complications

Diabetes Due To Insulin Secretory Defect

Diabetes Mellitus Due To Insulin Secretory Defect

Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Of The Young

Senile Diabetes

Nonketotic Hyperglycaemia

Stable Diabetes

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Mus musculus DGAT2 MGD MGI:1915050
Canis familiaris DGAT2 VGNC VGNC:39913
Felis catus DGAT2 VGNC VGNC:102874
Bos taurus DGAT2 VGNC VGNC:28021
Macaca mulatta DGAT2 VGNC VGNC:71637
Rattus norvegicus DGAT2 RGD RGD:620329