Bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase
BE0002303ProteinHumansBAAT
Catalyzes the amidation of bile acids (BAs) with the amino acids taurine and glycine (PubMed:12239217, PubMed:12810727, PubMed:2037576, PubMed:8034703). It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- BAAT
- UniProtKB entry
- Q14032Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 418 residues · 46,299 Da
- Also known as
- 2.3.1.65 · BACAT · BAT · Bile acid-CoA thioesterase · Choloyl-CoA hydrolase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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