LPCAT1

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}}

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Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the LPCAT1 gene.{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=79888 }}

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) acyltransferase (LPCAT; EC 2.3.1.23) catalyzes the conversion of LPC to phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the remodeling pathway of PC biosynthesis.{{cite journal | vauthors = Nakanishi H, Shindou H, Hishikawa D, Harayama T, Ogasawara R, Suwabe A, Taguchi R, Shimizu T | title = Cloning and characterization of mouse lung-type acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1). Expression in alveolar type II cells and possible involvement in surfactant production | journal = J. Biol. Chem. | volume = 281 | issue = 29 | pages = 20140–7 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16704971 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M600225200 | doi-access = free }}