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Most cancers displayed moderate cytoplasmic staining. A majority of lymphomas showed weak positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ACACA (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
ACAC, ACC, ACC1
Description
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a complex multifunctional enzyme system. ACC is a biotin-containing enzyme which catalyzes the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, the rate-limiting step in fatty acid synthesis. There are two ACC forms, alpha and beta, encoded by two different genes. ACC-alpha is highly enriched in lipogenic tissues. The enzyme is under long term control at the transcriptional and translational levels and under short term regulation by the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of targeted serine residues and by allosteric transformation by citrate or palmitoyl-CoA. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants divergent in the 5' sequence and encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]