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AGPAT9
Glycerol-3-phosphate
acyltransferase
3
is an
enzyme
that in
humans
is
encoded
by the
AGPAT9
gene. GPAT-3 is also known as:
1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase
9
,
lysophosphatidic acid
acyltransferase
theta
, or
lung cancer
metastasis-associated
protein
1
.
Function
Glycerol-3-phosphate
acyltransferases
, such as
GPAM
and GPAT3,
catalyze
the
initial
step
of
de novo
triacylglycerol
synthesis
by
converting
glycerol-3-phosphate
to lysophosphatidic
acid
.