Revised nomenclature for the mammalian long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase gene family

  • Douglas G. Mashek
  • , Karin E. Bornfeldt
  • , Rosalind A. Coleman
  • , Johannes Berger
  • , David A. Bernlohr
  • , Paul Black
  • , Concerta C. DiRusso
  • , Steven A. Farber
  • , Wen Guo
  • , Naohiro Hashimoto
  • , Varsha Khodiyar
  • , Frans A. Kuypers
  • , Lois J. Maltais
  • , Daniel W. Nebert
  • , Alessandra Renieri
  • , Jean E. Schaffer
  • , Andreas Stahl
  • , Paul A. Watkins
  • , Vasilis Vasiliou
  • , Tokuo T. Yamamoto

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Abstract

By consensus, the acyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) community, with the advice of the human and mouse genome nomenclature committees, has revised the nomenclature for the mammalian long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases. ACS is the family root name, and the human and mouse genes for the long-chain ACSs are termed ACSL1, 3-6 and Acsl1, 3-6, respectively. Splice variants of ACSL3, -4, -5, and -6 are cataloged. Suggestions for naming other family members and for the nonmammalian acyl-CoA synthetases are made.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1958-1961
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of lipid research
Volume45
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2004

Keywords

  • Acyl-coenzyme A synthetase
  • Bubblegum
  • Coenzyme A synthetase
  • Fatty acid transport protein
  • Fatty acid-coenzyme A ligase
  • Lipidosin
  • Long-chain acyl-coenzyme A synthetase
  • Very long chain-acyl-CoA synthetase
  • scFat2p

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