Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q21418744
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Summary

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3 is a protein[1]. It draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (protein category, ranking #154 of 987).[2]

Key Facts

  • Part of: membrane protein[3], Phospholipid acyltransferase[4]
  • Has part(s): Phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase[5]
  • EC enzyme number: 2.3.1.51[6]
  • Molecular function: transferase activity[7], acyltransferase activity[8], glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity[9], 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity[10], sn-1-glycerol-3-phosphate C16:0-DCA-CoA acyl transferase activity[11]
  • Cell component: integral component of membrane[12], endoplasmic reticulum membrane[13], endoplasmic reticulum[14], membrane[15]
  • Biological process: phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process[16], CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthetic process[17], metabolism[18], regulation of TOR signaling[19], lipid metabolism[20], phospholipid biosynthetic process[21], triglyceride biosynthetic process[22]
  • Encoded by: GPAT3[23]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[24]

Why It Matters

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3 is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Swiss-Prot. Retrieved . uniprot.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Identification of a novel human lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase, LPAAT-theta, which activates mTOR pathway. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Boghog · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ec enzyme number → 2.3.1.51
    Imported from → —
    Wikidata description → mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
    Encoded by → GPAT3
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ec enzyme number: 2.3.1.15, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261491|batch #261491]]"
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