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ACOT12

Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 12 or StAR-related lipid transfer protein 15 (STARD15) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOT12 gene. The protein contains a StAR-related lipid transfer domain.

Last revised
Jul 10, 2026
Read time
≈ 2 min
Length
533 w
Citations
11
Source
ACOT12
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesACOT12, CACH-1, Cach, STARD15, THEAL, acyl-CoA thioesterase 12
External IDsOMIM: 614315; MGI: 1921406; HomoloGene: 12540; GeneCards: ACOT12; OMA:ACOT12 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_130767

NM_028790

RefSeq (protein)

NP_570123

NP_083066

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 81.33 – 81.39 MbChr 13: 91.89 – 91.93 Mb
PubMed search34
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Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 12 or StAR-related lipid transfer protein 15 (STARD15) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOT12 gene.567 The protein contains a StAR-related lipid transfer domain.


References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000172497Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021620Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Hunt MC, Yamada J, Maltais LJ, Wright MW, Podesta EJ, Alexson SE (Aug 2005). "A revised nomenclature for mammalian acyl-CoA thioesterases/hydrolases". J Lipid Res. 46 (9): 2029–32. doi:10.1194/jlr.E500003-JLR200. PMID 16103133.
  6. Hunt MC, Rautanen A, Westin MA, Svensson LT, Alexson SE (Aug 2006). "Analysis of the mouse and human acyl-CoA thioesterase (ACOT) gene clusters shows that convergent, functional evolution results in a reduced number of human peroxisomal ACOTs". FASEB J. 20 (11): 1855–64. doi:10.1096/fj.06-6042com. PMID 16940157. S2CID 501610.
  7. "Entrez Gene: ACOT12 acyl-CoA thioesterase 12".
External links
  • Human ACOT12 genome location and ACOT12 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Acetyl-coenzyme A thioesterase
Further reading

Further reading