ACSL4

Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4
Identifiers
Symbols	ACSL4 ; ACS4; FACL4; LACS4; MRX63; MRX68
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 56282
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4, also known as ACSL4, is a human gene.

The protein encoded by this gene is an isozyme of the long-chain fatty-acid-coenzyme A ligase family. Although differing in substrate specificity, subcellular localization, and tissue distribution, all isozymes of this family convert free long-chain fatty acids into fatty acyl-CoA esters, and thereby play a key role in lipid biosynthesis and fatty acid degradation. This isozyme preferentially utilizes arachidonate as substrate. The absence of this enzyme may contribute to the mental retardation or Alport syndrome. Alternative splicing of this gene generates 2 transcript variants.

Further reading

• Knights KM, Jones ME (1992). "Inhibition kinetics of hepatic microsomal long chain fatty acid-CoA ligase by 2-arylpropionic acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs". Biochem. Pharmacol. 43 (7): 1465–71. PMID 1567471.
• Piccini M, Vitelli F, Bruttini M; et al. (1998). "FACL4, a new gene encoding long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 4, is deleted in a family with Alport syndrome, elliptocytosis, and mental retardation". Genomics. 47 (3): 350–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5104. PMID 9480748.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Cao Y, Traer E, Zimmerman GA; et al. (1998). "Cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization of human long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase 4 (FACL4)". Genomics. 49 (2): 327–30. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5268. PMID 9598324.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jonsson JJ, Renieri A, Gallagher PG; et al. (1998). "Alport syndrome, mental retardation, midface hypoplasia, and elliptocytosis: a new X linked contiguous gene deletion syndrome?". J. Med. Genet. 35 (4): 273–8. PMID 9598718.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Knights KM, Gasser R, Klemisch W (2000). "In vitro metabolism of acitretin by human liver microsomes: evidence of an acitretinoyl-coenzyme A thioester conjugate in the transesterification to etretinate". Biochem. Pharmacol. 60 (4): 507–16. PMID 10874125.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Cao Y, Dave KB, Doan TP, Prescott SM (2002). "Fatty acid CoA ligase 4 is up-regulated in colon adenocarcinoma". Cancer Res. 61 (23): 8429–34. PMID 11731423.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Meloni I, Muscettola M, Raynaud M; et al. (2002). "FACL4, encoding fatty acid-CoA ligase 4, is mutated in nonspecific X-linked mental retardation". Nat. Genet. 30 (4): 436–40. doi:10.1038/ng857. PMID 11889465.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Longo I, Frints SG, Fryns JP; et al. (2003). "A third MRX family (MRX68) is the result of mutation in the long chain fatty acid-CoA ligase 4 (FACL4) gene: proposal of a rapid enzymatic assay for screening mentally retarded patients". J. Med. Genet. 40 (1): 11–7. PMID 12525535.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sung YK, Hwang SY, Park MK; et al. (2003). "Fatty acid-CoA ligase 4 is overexpressed in human hepatocellular carcinoma". Cancer Sci. 94 (5): 421–4. PMID 12824887.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Verot L, Alloisio N, Morlé L; et al. (2004). "Localization of a non-syndromic X-linked mental retardation gene (MRX80) to Xq22-q24". Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 122 (1): 37–41. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.20221. PMID 12949969.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Mashek DG, Bornfeldt KE, Coleman RA; et al. (2005). "Revised nomenclature for the mammalian long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase gene family". J. Lipid Res. 45 (10): 1958–61. doi:10.1194/jlr.E400002-JLR200. PMID 15292367.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA; et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Liang YC, Wu CH, Chu JS; et al. (2005). "Involvement of fatty acid-CoA ligase 4 in hepatocellular carcinoma growth: roles of cyclic AMP and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase". World J. Gastroenterol. 11 (17): 2557–63. PMID 15849811.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bhat SS, Schmidt KR, Ladd S; et al. (2006). "Disruption of DMD and deletion of ACSL4 causing developmental delay, hypotonia, and multiple congenital anomalies". Cytogenet. Genome Res. 112 (1–2): 170–5. doi:10.1159/000087531. PMID 16276108.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sung YK, Park MK, Hong SH; et al. (2007). "Regulation of cell growth by fatty acid-CoA ligase 4 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells". Exp. Mol. Med. 39 (4): 477–82. PMID 17934335.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)