ACOT12
Encyclopedia
Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 12 or StAR-related lipid transfer protein 15 (STARD15) is an enzyme
that in human
s is encoded by the ACOT12 gene
. The protein contains a StAR-related lipid transfer domain
.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
that in human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s is encoded by the ACOT12 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
. The protein contains a StAR-related lipid transfer domain
StAR-related transfer domain
START is a lipid-binding domain in StAR, HD-ZIP and signalling proteins. The archetypical domain is found in StAR , a mitochondrial protein that is synthesized in steroid-producing cells. StAR and initiates steroid production by mediating the delivery of cholesterol to the first enzyme in...
.