SAT2

This article is about the human gene. For the submarine communications cable, see SAT-2. For the SAT II tests, see SAT Subject Tests.
Spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase family member 2

PDB rendering based on 2bei.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols SAT2 ; SSAT2
External IDs OMIM: 611463 MGI: 1916465 HomoloGene: 44215 GeneCards: SAT2 Gene
EC number 2.3.1.57
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 112483 69215
Ensembl ENSG00000141504 ENSMUSG00000069835
UniProt Q96F10 Q6P8J2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_133491 NM_026991
RefSeq (protein) NP_597998 NP_081267
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
7.63 – 7.63 Mb
Chr 11:
69.62 – 69.62 Mb
PubMed search

Diamine acetyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SAT2 gene.[1][2][3] SAT2 maintains a key metabolic glutamine/glutamate balance underpinning retrograde signaling by dendritic release of the neurotransmitter glutamate.[4]

References

  1. Coleman CS, Stanley BA, Jones AD, Pegg AE (Nov 2004). "Spermidine/spermine-N1-acetyltransferase-2 (SSAT2) acetylates thialysine and is not involved in polyamine metabolism". Biochem J 384 (Pt 1): 139–48. doi:10.1042/BJ20040790. PMC 1134097. PMID 15283699.
  2. Baek JH, Liu YV, McDonald KR, Wesley JB, Hubbi ME, Byun H, Semenza GL (Aug 2007). "Spermidine/spermine-N1-acetyltransferase 2 is an essential component of the ubiquitin ligase complex that regulates hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha". J Biol Chem 282 (32): 23572–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.M703504200. PMID 17558023.
  3. "Entrez Gene: SAT2 spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 2".
  4. Jenstad M, Quazi AZ, Zilberter M, Haglerød C, Berghuis P, Saddique N, Goiny M, Buntup D, Davanger S, S Haug FM, Barnes CA, McNaughton BL, Ottersen OP, Storm-Mathisen J, Harkany T, Chaudhry FA. (May 2009). "System A transporter SAT2 mediates replenishment of dendritic glutamate pools controlling retrograde signaling by glutamate.". Cereb Cortex 19 (5): 1092–106. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhn151. PMID 18832333.

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