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    KAT2A lysine acetyltransferase 2A [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 2648, updated on 27-Nov-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    KAT2Aprovided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    lysine acetyltransferase 2Aprovided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:4201
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000108773 MIM:602301; AllianceGenome:HGNC:4201
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    VALIDATED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    GCN5; hGCN5; GCN5L2; PCAF-b
    Summary
    KAT2A, or GCN5, is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that functions primarily as a transcriptional activator. It also functions as a repressor of NF-kappa-B (see MIM 164011) by promoting ubiquitination of the NF-kappa-B subunit RELA (MIM 164014) in a HAT-independent manner (Mao et al., 2009 [PubMed 19339690]).[supplied by OMIM, Sep 2009]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in ovary (RPKM 41.6), adrenal (RPKM 30.6) and 25 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See KAT2A in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    17q21.2
    Exon count:
    19
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 17 NC_000017.11 (42113111..42121367, complement)
    RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 17 NC_060941.1 (42969613..42977870, complement)
    RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 17 NC_000017.10 (40265129..40273385, complement)

    Chromosome 17 - NC_000017.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene zinc finger protein 385C Neighboring gene chromosome 17 open reading frame 113 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8511 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8512 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40203397-40203898 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40214064-40214654 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 8946 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8513 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 13373 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40220039-40220539 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40223445-40224418 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 2167 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40256421-40257354 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40257355-40258286 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12183 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40259930-40260442 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12184 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12185 Neighboring gene DExH-box helicase 58 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40267799-40268334 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8516 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:40275137-40275674 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12187 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12188 Neighboring gene heat shock protein family B (small) member 9 Neighboring gene RAB5C, member RAS oncogene family Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 9875 Neighboring gene RAB5C antisense RNA 1

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
    • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
    • BioProject: PRJEB4337
    • Publication: PMID 24309898
    • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    HIV-1 interactions

    Replication interactions

    Interaction Pubs
    HIV-1 NL4-3 replication requires KAT2A as replication is inhibited when KAT2A is deleted through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing PubMed
    Knockdown of K(lysine) acetyltransferase 2A (KAT2A; GCN5L2) by siRNA inhibits HIV-1 replication in HeLa-derived TZM-bl cells PubMed

    Protein interactions

    Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
    Tat tat The K19A, K41Q, and K51A mutations decrease HIV-1 Tat binding to hGCN5, whereas the K50Q and K50R mutations increase the binding PubMed
    tat hGCN5 enhances HIV-1 Tat-mediated transactivation of the HIV-1 LTR promoter PubMed
    tat HIV-1 Tat is acetylated by hGCN5 on lysine's 50 and 51 PubMed
    tat Binding of HIV-1 Tat to hGCN5 is mediated by amino acids 20-48 of Tat (includes cysteine rich, core, and minimal activation domains of Tat) and by amino acids 111-151 (histone acetyltransferase domain) and 389-476 (bromodomain) of hGCN5 PubMed
    tat HIV-1 Tat inhibits the histone acetyltransferase and transcriptional activation activities of hGCN5, an effect mediated by amino acids 86-101 of Tat PubMed
    tat HIV-1 Tat recruits hGCN5, as well as other known cellular acetyltransferases, to the HIV-1 LTR promoter, an effect involved in the acetylation of histones H3 and H4, and HIV-1 transcriptional activation PubMed
    integrase gag-pol HIV-1 IN binds to GCN5, which requires the C-terminal region (amino acids 244-288) of IN PubMed
    gag-pol GCN5 acetylates lysine's 258, 264, 266, and 273 of HIV-1 IN and stimulates the catalytic activity of IN PubMed

    Go to the HIV-1, Human Interaction Database

    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Clone Names

    • MGC102791

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables DNA-binding transcription factor binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables chromatin binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone H2AK5 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H2AK9 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H2BK12 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H2BK5 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3 acetyltransferase activity IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables histone H3 acetyltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone H3K122 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K14 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K18 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K23 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K27 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K36 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K4 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K56 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H3K9 acetyltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone H4K12 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H4K16 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H4K5 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone H4K8 acetyltransferase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables histone acetyltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone acetyltransferase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    enables histone deacetylase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone glutaryltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone succinyltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables peptide-lysine-N-acetyltransferase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein phosphatase binding IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables transcription coactivator activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in cellular response to nerve growth factor stimulus IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in cellular response to tumor necrosis factor IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in chromatin remodeling IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in fibroblast proliferation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in gluconeogenesis IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in heart development ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in in utero embryonic development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in internal peptidyl-lysine acetylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in intracellular distribution of mitochondria IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in limb development ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in long-term memory ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in metencephalon development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in midbrain development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in multicellular organism growth IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of centriole replication IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of gluconeogenesis IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in neural tube closure IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in peptidyl-lysine glutarylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell differentiation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cell projection organization IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cytokine production ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of gluconeogenesis IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of DNA repair NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of RNA splicing NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of T cell activation ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of bone development ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of cartilage development ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of cell cycle IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of cell division IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of embryonic development ISO
    Inferred from Sequence Orthology
    more info
     
    acts_upstream_of_or_within regulation of protein stability IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of stem cell population maintenance ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of synaptic plasticity ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of tubulin deacetylation IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in response to nutrient levels IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in response to organic cyclic compound IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in somitogenesis IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in telencephalon development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    part_of ATAC complex IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    part_of ATAC complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of SAGA complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of SAGA complex NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in centrosome IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in extracellular space HDA PubMed 
    part_of histone acetyltransferase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in mitotic spindle NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in nucleoplasm TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    located_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of transcription factor TFTC complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of transcription factor TFTC complex NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    histone acetyltransferase KAT2A
    Names
    GCN5 (general control of amino-acid synthesis, yeast, homolog)-like 2
    General control of amino acid synthesis, yeast, homolog-like 2
    K(lysine) acetyltransferase 2A
    STAF97
    general control of amino acid synthesis protein 5-like 2
    histone acetyltransferase GCN5
    histone glutaryltransferase KAT2A
    histone succinyltransferase KAT2A
    hsGCN5
    NP_001363156.1
    NP_066564.2
    XP_006721881.1
    XP_054171688.1

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001376227.1NP_001363156.1  histone acetyltransferase KAT2A isoform 2

      Status: VALIDATED

      Source sequence(s)
      AC105024
      Conserved Domains (3) summary
      cd05509
      Location:733832
      Bromo_gcn5_like; Bromodomain; Gcn5_like subfamily. Gcn5p is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) which mediates acetylation of histones at lysine residues; such acetylation is generally correlated with the activation of transcription. Bromodomains are 110 amino acid long ...
      COG5076
      Location:492833
      COG5076; Transcription factor involved in chromatin remodeling, contains bromodomain [Chromatin structure and dynamics / Transcription]
      pfam06466
      Location:89335
      PCAF_N; PCAF (P300/CBP-associated factor) N-terminal domain
    2. NM_021078.3NP_066564.2  histone acetyltransferase KAT2A isoform 1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_066564.2

      Status: VALIDATED

      Source sequence(s)
      AC105024, BC105977, DB497139
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS11417.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q8N1A2, Q92830, Q9UCW1
      Related
      ENSP00000225916.5, ENST00000225916.10
      Conserved Domains (3) summary
      cd05509
      Location:732831
      Bromo_gcn5_like; Bromodomain; Gcn5_like subfamily. Gcn5p is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) which mediates acetylation of histones at lysine residues; such acetylation is generally correlated with the activation of transcription. Bromodomains are 110 amino acid long ...
      COG5076
      Location:492832
      COG5076; Transcription factor involved in chromatin remodeling, contains bromodomain [Chromatin structure and dynamics / Transcription]
      pfam06466
      Location:89335
      PCAF_N; PCAF (P300/CBP-associated factor) N-terminal domain

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000017.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      42113111..42121367 complement
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_006721818.5XP_006721881.1  histone acetyltransferase KAT2A isoform X1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_006721881.1

      Conserved Domains (3) summary
      cd05509
      Location:372471
      Bromo_gcn5_like; Bromodomain; Gcn5_like subfamily. Gcn5p is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) which mediates acetylation of histones at lysine residues; such acetylation is generally correlated with the activation of transcription. Bromodomains are 110 amino acid long ...
      COG5076
      Location:131472
      COG5076; Transcription factor involved in chromatin remodeling, contains bromodomain [Chromatin structure and dynamics / Transcription]
      pfam00583
      Location:194266
      Acetyltransf_1; Acetyltransferase (GNAT) family

    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060941.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      42969613..42977870 complement
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_054315713.1XP_054171688.1  histone acetyltransferase KAT2A isoform X1