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Crat Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Crat
  • Name
    carnitine acetyltransferase
  • Synonyms
    CARAT
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:109501
    NCBI Gene: 12908
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    15 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr2:30290483-30305602 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 2, 21.69 cM
  • Mapping Data
    4 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    347 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    31
  • RFLP
    1
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_109501
 protein coding gene Chr2:30290483-30305825 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSGG00200054401
 protein coding gene Chr2:27263225-27274653 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200049000
 protein coding gene Chr2:27275252-27276205 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195040532
 protein coding gene Chr2:27368851-27369804 (-)
A/J ENSMUSGG00195054907
 protein coding gene Chr2:27356833-27368252 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSGG00220054317
 protein coding gene Chr2:27475392-27486812 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220050298
 protein coding gene Chr2:27487411-27488364 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSGG00180054989
 protein coding gene Chr2:27376156-27387586 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180053682
 protein coding gene Chr2:27388185-27389138 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSGG00175055169
 protein coding gene Chr2:27345456-27356882 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175053450
 protein coding gene Chr2:27357481-27358434 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215042606
 protein coding gene Chr2:27423132-27424085 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSGG00215055213
 protein coding gene Chr2:27411113-27422533 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0023395
 protein coding gene Chr2:26263362-26278070 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUGG00005054328
 protein coding gene Chr2:27079276-27090678 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSGG00210055113
 protein coding gene Chr2:27418392-27429820 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210017142
 protein coding gene Chr2:27430419-27431372 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185047644
 protein coding gene Chr2:27282905-27283858 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSGG00185057341
 protein coding gene Chr2:27270884-27282306 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205049265
 protein coding gene Chr2:27134987-27135940 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSGG00205054636
 protein coding gene Chr2:27122969-27134388 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000041182
 protein coding gene Chr2:27161115-27176532 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230044205
 protein coding gene Chr2:29210937-29211890 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSGG00230055298
 protein coding gene Chr2:29198911-29210338 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190035059
 protein coding gene Chr2:27389641-27390594 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSGG00190055095
 protein coding gene Chr2:27377623-27389042 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSGG00225055724
 protein coding gene Chr2:36948446-36959865 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225008011
 protein coding gene Chr2:36960464-36961417 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMGG00010054337
 protein coding gene Chr2:27241836-27253227 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010040954
 protein coding gene Chr2:27973745-27988398 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOGG00005054316
 protein coding gene Chr2:27223225-27234641 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    CRAT, carnitine O-acetyltransferase
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    CRAT, carnitine O-acetyltransferase
  • Synonyms
    CAT, CAT1, NBIA8
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1384
    UniProt: P43155

  • Chr Location
    9q34.11; chr9:129094142-129111313 (-)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with human CRAT associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    13 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 2 genetic backgrounds
    23 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Mice with muscle specific loss of function display increased circulating glucose level, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, decreased circulating triglyceride and free fatty acid levels, increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity and abnormal mitochondrial physiology.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    42
  • GO References
    12
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    742
  • Tissues
    112
  • cDNA Data
    107
  • Literature Summary
    5
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 12908 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 15120 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_001420077 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 4504 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide P47934 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 626 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 108
      cDNA 107
      Primer pair 1

      Microarray probesets 6
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-39500, MGI:2139299
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 64
      Developmental Gene Expression 5
      Gene Ontology 12
      Phenotypes 23
    • Earliest
      J:38936 Brunner S, et al., Cloning and characterization of murine carnitine acetyltransferase: evidence for a requirement during cell cycle progression. Biochem J. 1997 Mar 1;322(Pt 2):403-10
    • Latest
      J:371411 Reichenbach A, et al., Metabolic sensing in AgRP regulates sucrose preference and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. J Neuroendocrinol. 2024 May;36(5):e13389
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    09/08/2026
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