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Several colorectal cancers and hepatocellular carcinomas as well as a few skin cancers and malignant melanomas displayed weak cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining cancer tissues were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
LIPT1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
MGC12290, MGC13378
Description
Lipoyltransferase 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The process of transferring lipoic acid to proteins is a two-step process. The first step is the activation of lipoic acid by lipoate-activating enzyme to form lipoyl-AMP. For the second step, the protein encoded by this gene transfers the lipoyl moiety to apoproteins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. A related pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 13. Read-through transcription also exists between this gene and the neighboring downstream mitochondrial ribosomal protein L30 (MRPL30) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]