Gene Information
Gene NameBCAT2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length392
Protein NamesBranched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase, mitochondrial (BCAT(m)) (EC 2.6.1.42) (Placental protein 18) (PP18)
Target Namebranched-chain-amino-acid transaminase 2
Target TypeLiterature-reported target
Gene Age>4290 ( ENSG00000105552 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBO15382
Gene CardBCAT2
Uniprot IDO15382
PfamPF01063
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.173308598)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Bcat2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Bcat2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ BCAT2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsBCAT1
ParalogsBCAT1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityUbiquitous. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11170829}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.026087(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1EKF  (X-ray  1.95A  1EKP  (X-ray  2.50A  1EKV  (X-ray  2.25A  1KT8  (X-ray  1.90A  1KTA  (X-ray  1.90A  2A1H  (X-ray  1.80A  2HDK  (X-ray  2.40A  2HG8  (X-ray  1.80A  2HGW  (X-ray  1.98A  2HGX  (X-ray  1.80A  2HHF  (X-ray  1.80A  5BWR  (X-ray  2.20A  5BWT  (X-ray  2.20A  5BWU  (X-ray  2.17A  5BWV  (X-ray  1.86A  5BWW  (X-ray  1.82A  5BWX  (X-ray  1.70A  5CR5  (X-ray  1.61A  5HNE  (X-ray  2.04A  5I5S  (X-ray  2.06A  5I5T  (X-ray  2.31A  5I5U  (X-ray  2.40A  5I5V  (X-ray  1.94A  5I5W  (X-ray  2.40A  5I5X  (X-ray  1.65A  5I5Y  (X-ray  1.81A  5I60  (X-ray  2.12A  5MPR  (X-ray  1.60A  6PRX  (X-ray  3.25A 
DBSNP rs749866079  rs11548193  rs767653663 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O35854}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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