Dihydrolipoyl transacetylase

Dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (or dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase) is an enzyme component of the multienzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is responsible for the pyruvate decarboxylation step that links glycolysis to the citric acid cycle. This involves the transformation of pyruvate from glycolysis into acetyl-CoA which is then used in the citric acid cycle to carry out cellular respiration.

DLAT
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesDLAT, DLTA, PDC-E2, PDCE2, dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase, Dihydrolipoyl transacetylase, E2
External IDsOMIM: 608770 MGI: 2385311 HomoloGene: 6814 GeneCards: DLAT
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

1737

235339

Ensembl

ENSG00000150768

ENSMUSG00000000168

UniProt

P10515

Q8BMF4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001931

NM_145614

RefSeq (protein)

NP_663589

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 112.02 – 112.06 MbChr 9: 50.55 – 50.57 Mb
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There are three different enzyme components in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1) is responsible for the oxidation of pyruvate, dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (this enzyme; EC 2.3.1.12) transfers the acetyl group to coenzyme A (CoA), and dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (EC 1.8.1.4) regenerates the lipoamide. Because dihydrolipoyl transacetylase is the second of the three enzyme components participating in the reaction mechanism for conversion of pyruvate into acetyl CoA, it is sometimes referred to as E2.

In humans, dihydrolipoyl transacetylase enzymatic activity resides in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex component E2 (PDCE2) that is encoded by the DLAT (dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase) gene.

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