PLAAT5 Gene

Name phospholipase A and acyltransferase 5
Description Enables N-acyltransferase activity; phospholipase A1 activity; and phospholipase A2 activity. Acts upstream of or within N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Transcriptional regulation via factors such as SREBP-1c further integrates these proteins into metabolic pathways that govern lipid synthesis and storage, thereby affecting overall energy expenditure."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "4", "end_ref": "6"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nBeyond hepatic functions, Cideb has emerged as an important regulator of intestinal lipid absorption. It is expressed in enterocytes of the small intestine where it associates with the endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplets, and interacts with ApoB48 to facilitate the proper lipidation and secretion of chylomicrons. 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NCBI Gene ID 117245
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Functional Associations

PLAAT5 has 822 functional associations with biological entities spanning 5 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 19 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of PLAAT5 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with PLAAT5 gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of PLAAT5 gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with PLAAT5 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with PLAAT5 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving PLAAT5 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 molecular functions performed by PLAAT5 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures tissue samples with high or low expression of PLAAT5 gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with PLAAT5 gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes phenotypes of mice caused by PLAAT5 gene knockout from the IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of PLAAT5 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of PLAAT5 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
Reactome Pathways 2024 pathways involving PLAAT5 protein from the Reactome Pathways 2024 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of PLAAT5 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of PLAAT5 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of PLAAT5 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of PLAAT5 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of PLAAT5 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with PLAAT5 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.