ACSL5

acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5

Summary

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 is highly expressed in uterus and spleen, and in trace amounts in normal brain, but has markedly increased levels in malignant gliomas. This gene functions in mediating fatty acid-induced glioma cell growth. Three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants47 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs241962110:114,135,013C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs76108087010:114,136,075C/T—likely benign
rs249315371410:114,136,077C/G—uncertain significance
rs75441283410:114,136,103C/A—uncertain significance
rs136375116710:114,136,127G/C—uncertain significance
rs20059952810:114,136,132C/T—likely benign
rs7967162310:114,141,103G/Aintron variant—
rs76203067110:114,154,742C/T—uncertain significance
rs7947434210:114,154,823C/A—benign
rs132902041510:114,154,837A/G—uncertain significance
rs1119594510:114,155,586C/G——
rs74673188510:114,158,705G/C—uncertain significance
rs6187235510:114,160,713G/Cintron variant—
rs1222108510:114,163,320A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs53145595110:114,164,298C/A—uncertain significance
rs74536868710:114,164,499T/G—uncertain significance
rs241962610:114,167,216G/Adownstream gene variant—
rs20134732010:114,168,170C/T—benign
rs14001139210:114,168,208C/T—uncertain significance
rs126105713810:114,168,213T/A—uncertain significance
rs75457049510:114,168,253A/C—uncertain significance
rs373694710:114,169,190C/Acoding sequence variant—
rs20024788710:114,169,273G/A—uncertain significance
rs184412947510:114,169,283T/C—uncertain significance
rs75123017710:114,169,355T/A—uncertain significance
rs37524229510:114,169,440T/A—likely benign
rs77070450610:114,170,350C/G—uncertain significance
rs138230361310:114,171,673C/T—uncertain significance
rs156474021710:114,171,678C/G—uncertain significance
rs1119595210:114,173,554G/T——
rs450192310:114,174,431A/Cintron variant—
rs1181226110:114,176,693G/A—benign
rs14818071910:114,176,715G/A—uncertain significance
rs249327639110:114,177,620G/T—uncertain significance
rs37240369510:114,177,631A/T—uncertain significance
rs133610063610:114,181,394C/A—pathogenic
rs76424552810:114,181,417A/G—uncertain significance
rs249328892610:114,181,741A/G—uncertain significance
rs128187187010:114,181,768A/G—uncertain significance
rs1225491510:114,181,773A/G—benign
rs249331134210:114,185,115T/C—uncertain significance
rs14423626210:114,185,175T/C—uncertain significance
rs75207261210:114,185,231A/C—uncertain significance
rs11140186010:114,185,237C/T—uncertain significance
rs184470711410:114,186,062C/T—uncertain significance
rs78177805710:114,186,092C/T—uncertain significance
rs148535295110:114,187,036A/C—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.