The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase across different species:

lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT), lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (Lcat), lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (lcat)

Other aliases include:

AI046659, D8Wsu61e, LCAT, MGC82035, lcat, MGC88964, MGC137397

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase:

lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase – phosphatidylcholine-sterol acyltransferase – phospholipid-cholesterol acyltransferase – lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase Lcat – lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase

Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase fulfills a number of functions:

acyltransferase activity – apolipoprotein A-I binding – phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase activity – phospholipase A2 activity – protein binding – transferase activity

Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase is relevant to the following processes:

cholesterol esterification – cholesterol homeostasis – cholesterol metabolic process – high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – lipid metabolic process – lipoprotein biosynthetic process – phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process – phospholipid metabolic process – response to copper ion – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – reverse cholesterol transport – steroid metabolic process – very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – cholesterol transport – lipoprotein metabolic process

Locations for Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase:

extracellular region – extracellular space – high-density lipoprotein particle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology