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List of Lysine Acetyltransferases in Mammals


Below are the lysine acetyltransferases found in mammals. The information was culled and curated from several existing resources (click to open): Histome: The Histone Infobase, UniProtKB, NCBI, Rat Genome Database, Cell Signaling Technology, Drazic et al.2016. Lysine acetyltransferases must bind acetyl-Coenzyme A and have a catalytic domain. BLAST searches with conserved catalytic domains were completed to identify putative novel lysine acetyltransferases. Proteins that may have acetyltransferase activity, but lack experimental evidence for intrinsic activity are listed as putative lysine acetyltransferases. 9 putative proteins are listed below. Taf1L is only expressed by primates, and Fcor is only found in mice.

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Reference: Hyndman KA, Knepper MA. Dynamic regulation of lysine acetylation; the balance between acetyltransferase and deacetylase activities. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2017 Jul 12:ajprenal.00313.2017. PMID: 28701313



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Uniprot Protein Name Gene Symbol Aliases Amino Acid Number Predominant localization Substrates
P16951 cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 Atf2 CREB-2, HB15, CREBP1 487 nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochonrdion outer membrane H2BK5, H2BK12, H2BK15, H4K5, H4K8, H4K16
Q9WTK2 chromodomain Y-like protein  Cdyl CDYL1 593 nucleus  H4
O08785 circadian locomoter output cycles protein kaput  Clock BHLHE8, KIAA0334, KAT13D 855 nucleus, cytoplasm  H3K14, ARNTL/BMAL1, NR3C1/GR
P45481 CREB-binding protein Crebbp CBP 2441 nucleus, cytoplasm  H2BK12, H2BK15, H3K18, H3K23, H3K27, H3K56, H4K5, H4K8, H4K12, H4K16 NCOA,FOXO1, KLF1
Q9CZX0 elongator complex protein 3 Elp3 KAT9 566 nucleus, cytoplasm  H3K9, H3K14,H3K18, H4K8, a -tubulin
B2RWS6 histone acetyltransferase p300 Ep300 P300 2412 nucleus, cytoplasm  H2AK5, H2B, H3K14, H3K18, H3K23, H3K27, H3K56, H4K5, H4K8, H4K12, H4K16, , FOXO1, HD1, SIRT2, ALX1, KLF1
Q8BMQ2 general transcription factor 3C polypeptide 4 Gtf3c4 TF3C-delta, TFIIIC90, KAT12 817 nucleus H3K14
Q8BY71 histone acetyltransferase type B catalytic subunit Hat1 KAT1 416 nucleus>cytoplasm H2A,H4K5, H4K12, 
Q9JHD2 histone acetyltransferase KAT2A  Kat2a GCN5, GCN5L2, HGCN5 830 nucleus H3K9, H3K14, H3K18, H3K23, H3K27, H3K36, H4K5, H4K8, H4K12, H4K16, H4K91, CEBPB
Q9JHD1 histone acetyltransferase KAT2B Kat2b PCAF 813 nucleus H3K14,  H4K8, ACLY, E2F1
Q8CHK4 histone acetyltransferase KAT5 Kat5 HTATIP, TIP60 513 nucleus, perinuclear region in cytoplasm H3K14, H4K5, H4K8, H4K12, H2AK5,FOXP3
Q8BZ21 histone acetyltransferase KAT6A Kat6a MOZ, MYST3, RUNXBP2, ZNF220 2003 nucleus H3K14, H4, P53,RUNX2
Q8BRB7 histone acetyltransferase KAT6B Kat6b  MORF,  MYST4, MOZ2, KIAA0383 1763 nucleus H3, RUNX2
Q5SVQ0 histone acetyltransferase KAT7  Kat7 HBO1, HBOa, MYST2 611 nucleus H4K5, H4K8, H4K12
Q9D1P2 histone acetyltransferase KAT8 Kat8 Mof, Myst1 458 nucleus H4K16, P53
P70365 nuclear receptor coactivator 1 Ncoa1 Src1, KAT13A 1405 nucleus H3K9, H3K14,  H4 
O09000 nuclear receptor coactivator 3 Ncoa3 SRC-3, Aib1, Pcip, Rac3, Tram1, ACTR, KAT13B 1403 nucelus, cytoplasm H3, H4
Q80UV9 transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 1 Taf1 Ccg1, KAT4 1893 nucleus H3K14, H4
Q8QZT1 Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, mitochondrial Acat1 424 mitochondrion 6PDG, PDP
Q8K341 alpha-tubulin N-acetyltransferase 1  Atat1 Mec17 421 cytoplasm a -tubulin
Q8K224 RNA cytidine acetyltransferase Nat10 Kiaa1709 1024 nucleus histones,a -tubulin
Putative lysine acetylatransferases
Q8IZX4 Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 1-like Taf1L TAF(II)210 1826 nucleus ?
P0DJI6 Foxo1-corepressor Fcor none 106 nucleus, cytoplasm  FOXO1
Q9ER73 elongator complex protein 4 Elp4 C11orf19, PAXNEB 422 nucleus, cytoplasm  H3, H4
Q8CID0 Cysteine-rich protein 2-binding protein Kat14 CSRP2BP, ATAC2 779 nucleus>cytoplasm H4
A2AUU0 methyltransferase-like protein 8 Mettl8 Tip 312 nucleus, cytoplasm H3, H4
Q9DBU2 N-alpha-acetyltransferase 60 isoform 1 Naa60 HAT4,NatF, Nat15 242 Golgi aparatus membrane, cyoplasmic side H4K79, H4K91
Q9EQQ9 Protein O-GlcNAcase Mgea5 NCOAT, OGA 916 nucleus, cytoplasm H4K8, H3K14
E9QA25* cat eye syndrome critical region protein 2 Cecr2 none 1425 nucleus ?
O55102 Biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex 1 subunit 1 Bloc1s1 Gcn5l1 125 mitochondrion, cytoplasm ATP5A1, NDUFA9


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