Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | Q8NF37 | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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hepatocyte | primary | Homo sapiens | - |
Huh-7.5.1 cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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LPCAT1 | - |
Homo sapiens |
lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 | - |
Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | upon hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, both Huh-7.5.1 cells and primary human hepatocytes (PHH) show decreased levels of LPCAT1 transcript and protein, consistent with transcriptional downregulation. LPCAT1 depletion in either naive or infected Huh-7.5.1 cells results in altered lipid metabolism characterised by lipid droplet remodelling, increased triacylglycerol storage, and increased secretion of VLDL. In infected Huh-7.5.1 cells or PHH, LPCAT1 depletion increases production of the viral particles of lowest density and highest infectivity | Homo sapiens |
physiological function | lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1), as an LD phospholipid-remodelling enzyme, plays a role in liver lipid metabolism and HCV infectious cycle | Homo sapiens |