AACS

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Also known as FLJ12389SUR-5ACSF1

Summary

AACS (acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase, HGNC:21298) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 12q24.31, encoding Acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase (Q86V21). Converts acetoacetate to acetoacetyl-CoA in the cytosol.

Predicted to enable acetoacetate-CoA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of insulin secretion. Predicted to be located in cytosol.

Source: NCBI Gene 65985 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 4
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 157 total — 9 pathogenic, 1 likely-pathogenic
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_023928

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:21298
Approved symbolAACS
Nameacetoacetyl-CoA synthetase
Location12q24.31
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesFLJ12389, SUR-5, ACSF1
Ensembl geneENSG00000081760
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM614364
Entrez65985

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 25 — 14 protein_coding, 6 retained_intron, 4 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 1 nonsense_mediated_decay

ENST00000316519, ENST00000316543, ENST00000398953, ENST00000418937, ENST00000441247, ENST00000536118, ENST00000537477, ENST00000537564, ENST00000538851, ENST00000539251, ENST00000543665, ENST00000545511, ENST00000852617, ENST00000852618, ENST00000852619, ENST00000852620, ENST00000852621, ENST00000852622, ENST00000938196, ENST00000938197, ENST00000971006, ENST00000971007, ENST00000971008, ENST00000971009, ENST00000971010

RefSeq mRNA: 7 — MANE Select: NM_023928 NM_001319839, NM_001319840, NM_001414675, NM_001414676, NM_001414677, NM_001414678, NM_023928

CCDS: CCDS9263

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000316519 — 18 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00001351954125065435125065717
ENSE00002252189125076491125076611
ENSE00002270203125073876125073979
ENSE00002308409125142092125143316
ENSE00003513125125118641125118765
ENSE00003530618125134794125134852
ENSE00003530806125129335125129460
ENSE00003535117125107121125107268
ENSE00003560785125124902125125024
ENSE00003615751125114477125114557
ENSE00003617187125091426125091523
ENSE00003647970125128161125128274
ENSE00003657287125103000125103081
ENSE00003684270125086330125086443
ENSE00003716788125102679125102793
ENSE00003722573125124705125124769
ENSE00003729557125134003125134072
ENSE00003737535125136662125136864

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 278 present calls, max score 98.38.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 14.7123 / max 129.2397, expressed in 1798 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (3 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
12866512.27081782
1286642.20591280
1286660.2356114

Top tissues by expression

285 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
parotid glandUBERON:000183198.38gold quality
gingival epitheliumUBERON:000194997.35gold quality
gingivaUBERON:000182896.50gold quality
upper arm skinUBERON:000426396.45gold quality
nippleUBERON:000203096.43gold quality
middle temporal gyrusUBERON:000277196.38gold quality
mammalian vulvaUBERON:000099795.81gold quality
tracheaUBERON:000312695.60gold quality
esophagus squamous epitheliumUBERON:000692095.50gold quality
squamous epitheliumUBERON:000691495.44gold quality
tibiaUBERON:000097995.27gold quality
epithelium of esophagusUBERON:000197695.13gold quality
penisUBERON:000098994.83gold quality
upper leg skinUBERON:000426294.82gold quality
oocyteCL:000002394.81gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 23UBERON:001355494.76gold quality
skin of abdomenUBERON:000141694.41gold quality
zone of skinUBERON:000001493.97gold quality
skin of legUBERON:000151193.76gold quality
pharyngeal mucosaUBERON:000035593.58gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104493.26gold quality
orbitofrontal cortexUBERON:000416792.84gold quality
endothelial cellCL:000011592.76gold quality
tongue squamous epitheliumUBERON:000691992.69gold quality
mouth mucosaUBERON:000372992.68gold quality
secondary oocyteCL:000065592.61gold quality
oral cavityUBERON:000016792.61gold quality
skin of hipUBERON:000155492.43gold quality
cervix squamous epitheliumUBERON:000692292.35gold quality
pylorusUBERON:000116692.31gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3no0.00

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): CEBPA, PPARG, SP1, SREBF2, TP63

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

27 targeting AACS, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-3613-3P100.0076.367965
HSA-MIR-4747-5P100.0067.902681
HSA-MIR-5196-5P100.0067.982761
HSA-MIR-807599.9767.20962
HSA-MIR-23A-3P99.9574.243163
HSA-MIR-23B-3P99.9574.243163
HSA-MIR-23C99.9573.923192
HSA-MIR-651-3P99.9473.485177
HSA-MIR-449399.9066.48977
HSA-MIR-3934-3P99.7665.511351
HSA-MIR-3679-3P99.6469.881599
HSA-MIR-432899.5771.064094
HSA-MIR-580-5P99.2870.941776
HSA-MIR-6501-3P98.7167.451480
HSA-MIR-950098.6266.541845
HSA-MIR-219A-2-3P98.6268.78797
HSA-MIR-6784-3P98.3964.88662
HSA-MIR-428998.2666.90810
HSA-MIR-876-5P97.9968.491345
HSA-MIR-6529-5P97.8566.47673
HSA-MIR-3190-3P97.6166.951406
HSA-MIR-6515-5P97.0865.481219
HSA-MIR-6875-5P96.8765.49958
HSA-MIR-3126-5P96.8765.83912
HSA-MIR-316796.8167.091236
HSA-MIR-365496.4366.55646
HSA-MIR-6741-5P93.8663.06437

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 2)

  • the human AACS promoter is a PPARgamma target gene and this nuclear receptor is recruited to the AACS promoter by direct interaction with Sp1 (PMID:20102333)
  • Fine-scale haplotype mapping of MUT, AACS, SLC6A15 and PRKCA genes indicates association with insulin resistance of metabolic syndrome and relationship with branched chain amino acid metabolism or regulation. (PMID:30913280)

Cross-species orthologs

4 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_rerioaacsENSDARG00000012468
mus_musculusAacsENSMUSG00000029482
rattus_norvegicusAacsENSRNOG00000000967
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006351

Paralogs (13): ACSM3 (ENSG00000005187), ACSM2B (ENSG00000066813), ACSS3 (ENSG00000111058), ACSS2 (ENSG00000131069), ACSS1 (ENSG00000154930), AASDH (ENSG00000157426), ACSM1 (ENSG00000166743), ACSF2 (ENSG00000167107), ACSM6 (ENSG00000173124), ACSF3 (ENSG00000176715), ACSM5 (ENSG00000183549), ACSM2A (ENSG00000183747), ACSM4 (ENSG00000215009)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Acetoacetyl-CoA synthetaseQ86V21 (reviewed: Q86V21)

Alternative names: Acyl-CoA synthetase family member 1, Protein sur-5 homolog

All UniProt accessions (2): Q86V21, E7EW25

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Converts acetoacetate to acetoacetyl-CoA in the cytosol. Ketone body-utilizing enzyme, responsible for the synthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids.

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm. Cytosol.

Tissue specificity. Highly expressed in kidney, heart and brain, but low in liver.

Similarity. Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family.

Isoforms (3)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q86V21-11yes
Q86V21-22
Q86V21-33

RefSeq proteins (7): NP_001306768, NP_001306769, NP_001401604, NP_001401605, NP_001401606, NP_001401607, NP_076417* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR000873AMP-dep_synth/lig_domDomain
IPR005914Acac_CoA_synthFamily
IPR020845AMP-binding_CSConserved_site
IPR032387ACAS_NDomain
IPR042099ANL_N_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR045851AMP-b_sfHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF00501, PF16177

Catalyzed reactions (Rhea), 1 shown:

  • acetoacetate + ATP + CoA = acetoacetyl-CoA + AMP + diphosphate (RHEA:16117)

UniProt features (11 total): sequence conflict 6, splice variant 2, sequence variant 2, chain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q86V21-F192.090.78

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

4 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-77111Synthesis of Ketone Bodies
R-HSA-1430728Metabolism
R-HSA-556833Metabolism of lipids
R-HSA-74182Ketone body metabolism

MSigDB gene sets: 122 (showing top): GOBP_INSULIN_SECRETION, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_LOCALIZATION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_HORMONE_LEVELS, GOBP_HORMONE_TRANSPORT, GOBP_MONOCARBOXYLIC_ACID_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_CELL_CELL_SIGNALING, PATIL_LIVER_CANCER, GOBP_GENERATION_OF_PRECURSOR_METABOLITES_AND_ENERGY, GOBP_SMALL_MOLECULE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_INSULIN_SECRETION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_SECRETION, ONKEN_UVEAL_MELANOMA_UP, GROSS_HYPOXIA_VIA_ELK3_UP, GOBP_SECRETION, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_HORMONE_SECRETION

GO Biological Process (4): fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631), positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024), ketone body biosynthetic process (GO:0046951), lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

GO Molecular Function (5): ATP binding (GO:0005524), acetoacetate-CoA ligase activity (GO:0030729), nucleotide binding (GO:0000166), protein binding (GO:0005515), ligase activity (GO:0016874)

GO Cellular Component (2): cytosol (GO:0005829), cytoplasm (GO:0005737)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-3 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Ketone body metabolism1
Metabolism1
Metabolism of lipids1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure2
lipid metabolic process1
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process1
insulin secretion1
positive regulation of protein secretion1
regulation of insulin secretion1
positive regulation of peptide hormone secretion1
small molecule biosynthetic process1
fatty acid derivative biosynthetic process1
primary metabolic process1
adenyl ribonucleotide binding1
purine ribonucleoside triphosphate binding1
CoA-ligase activity1
nucleoside phosphate binding1
heterocyclic compound binding1
binding1
catalytic activity1
cytoplasm1
intracellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

2261 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
AACSUNC119Q13432681
AACSOXCT1P55809557
AACSFASNP49327553
AACSELOVL6Q9H5J4541
AACSHMGCS1Q01581537
AACSHMGCRP04035523
AACSACLYP53396520
AACSCYP4V2Q6ZWL3517
AACSIGDCC3Q8IVU1474
AACSAASDHQ4L235473
AACSMVKQ03426473
AACSACACAQ13085470
AACSAJM1C9J069469
AACSSTOML1Q9UBI4451
AACSERI1Q8IV48443

IntAct

24 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
CMTM5AACSpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
AACSCMTM5psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
LPAR1TMEM223psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
SPSB4ARHGEF10psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CACNG1TMEM120Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
EEF1AKMT3SMCHD1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
PSG11ZSWIM8psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CYP2C18PGRMC1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ARMC6DDX39Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRM4EXOC5psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRNB2SNX2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
EFNB2TCAF2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ERFDVL2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
FBXL16STK25psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
GSDMEDDX39Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
HPNDDX39Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
IL5RALETM1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
KLK2VWA8psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
PEX7UBA6psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SFNDDX39Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SMPD2A2ML1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
VENTXUBA6psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (26): CMTM5 (Two-hybrid), AACS (Co-fractionation), AACS (Co-fractionation), STAT6 (Co-fractionation), UNC13D (Co-fractionation), AACS (Affinity Capture-RNA), AACS (Affinity Capture-MS), AACS (Affinity Capture-MS), AACS (Affinity Capture-MS), AACS (Affinity Capture-MS), AACS (Affinity Capture-MS), AACS (Co-fractionation), AACS (Co-fractionation), AACS (Co-fractionation), AACS (Co-fractionation)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0U1WZ18, A3QK15, B9N1F9, D3ZVR9, E0CSI1, O70196, P00503, P00504, P05201, P08906, P33121, P33124, P40142, P50137, P50554, P54767, P61922, P78330, P80147, Q07346, Q14410, Q15124, Q1W377, Q28BL6, Q2KHU0, Q2KIG0, Q42472, Q42521, Q4R4D5, Q4R5L1, Q5R691, Q5RB83, Q5ZLG0, Q6P1N9, Q6P8M1, Q7TN78, Q80W40, Q86V21, Q8BZF8, Q8K183

Diamond homologs: A3QK15, D7PHZ3, P27097, Q21166, Q28BL6, Q5ZLG0, Q86V21, Q9D2R0, Q9JMI1, Q9N0E1, Q9Z3R3, Q973W5

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

157 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic9
Likely pathogenic1
Uncertain significance117
Likely benign3
Benign6

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (10)

Variant IDHGVSClassification
1047868GRCh37/hg19 12q24.31-24.32(chr12:123878845-126829341)Pathogenic
146222GRCh38/hg38 12q24.31-24.33(chr12:123509825-133191400)x3Pathogenic
148578GRCh38/hg38 12q24.31-24.33(chr12:120697672-133202490)x3Pathogenic
155183GRCh38/hg38 12q24.31-24.32(chr12:121917758-127802717)x1Pathogenic
4682809GRCh37/hg19 12q23.1-24.33(chr12:99532287-133777902)x3Pathogenic
57448GRCh38/hg38 12q24.31-24.33(chr12:123444758-133191400)x3Pathogenic
57612GRCh38/hg38 12q24.31-24.33(chr12:122985202-130714574)x1Pathogenic
625819GRCh37/hg19 12q24.31-24.33(chr12:125451405-133810935)Pathogenic
687704GRCh37/hg19 12q24.31-24.32(chr12:122169403-129084163)x1Pathogenic
1330196GRCh37/hg19 12q24.22-24.33(chr12:117461902-133841395)x3Likely pathogenic

SpliceAI

3703 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
12:125065652:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
12:125065713:GCTGG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
12:125065714:CTGGG:Cdonor_loss1.0000
12:125065715:TGGG:Tdonor_loss1.0000
12:125065716:GG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
12:125065717:GG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
12:125065717:GGTG:Gdonor_loss1.0000
12:125065718:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
12:125065718:GTGAG:Gdonor_loss1.0000
12:125065719:T:Gdonor_loss1.0000
12:125073875:GA:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125073875:GAGA:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076480:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076481:T:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076486:TATA:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
12:125076487:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076487:ATAG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076488:TAG:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
12:125076489:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076489:AG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076489:AGGTT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076490:G:GGacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076490:GG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076490:GGT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076490:GGTT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076490:GGTTG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
12:125076607:TGCAA:Tdonor_gain1.0000
12:125076608:GCAA:Gdonor_gain1.0000
12:125076608:GCAAG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
12:125076609:C:Tdonor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

4439 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
12:125142126:T:AV639D0.998
12:125091494:A:CS181R0.997
12:125091496:C:AS181R0.997
12:125091496:C:GS181R0.997
12:125102692:G:CR195P0.997
12:125134008:T:AW519R0.997
12:125134008:T:CW519R0.997
12:125134831:A:CS553R0.997
12:125134833:C:AS553R0.997
12:125134833:C:GS553R0.997
12:125076530:T:AW93R0.996
12:125076530:T:CW93R0.996
12:125091491:T:AW180R0.996
12:125091491:T:CW180R0.996
12:125107218:T:CF289L0.996
12:125107220:C:AF289L0.996
12:125107220:C:GF289L0.996
12:125118647:T:AW335R0.995
12:125118647:T:CW335R0.995
12:125076553:C:AN100K0.994
12:125076553:C:GN100K0.994
12:125142108:A:CK633T0.994
12:125142109:G:CK633N0.994
12:125142109:G:TK633N0.994
12:125086438:T:AV156D0.993
12:125107228:G:AG292D0.993
12:125118656:T:AW338R0.993
12:125118656:T:CW338R0.993
12:125128169:G:CD440H0.993
12:125134020:G:CD523H0.993

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000013225 (12:125141250 G>A), RS1000017753 (12:125065778 G>A), RS1000018200 (12:125116993 A>G), RS1000029017 (12:125086108 G>A,C), RS1000071322 (12:125073610 G>C), RS1000089166 (12:125076227 G>A), RS1000149193 (12:125065346 C>G,T), RS1000163114 (12:125095509 G>T), RS1000183268 (12:125132979 C>A,T), RS1000188669 (12:125101822 A>G), RS1000255477 (12:125133297 G>A), RS1000291758 (12:125101122 T>C), RS1000320425 (12:125079181 G>A), RS1000386247 (12:125101435 G>A), RS1000419795 (12:125138594 G>A,C)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:614364 | disease phenotypes: MIM:618709

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (1): neurodevelopmental disorder with nonspecific brain abnormalities and with or without seizures (MONDO:0032877)

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

4 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST007135_2Resistant hypertension9.000000e-06
GCST009733_200Urinary metabolite levels in chronic kidney disease1.000000e-21
GCST011037_9Parkinson’s disease progression (cognitive)2.000000e-06
GCST011350_1C-reactive protein levels5.000000e-12

EFO canonical traits (4, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:1002006treatment-resistant hypertension
EFO:0005116urinary metabolite measurement
EFO:0008336disease progression measurement
EFO:0004458C-reactive protein measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

30 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
bisphenol Faffects cotreatment, increases methylation, increases expression2
bisphenol Adecreases expression, increases expression2
bisphenol Sdecreases methylation, increases expression2
Valproic Acidaffects expression, decreases expression2
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression, increases abundance, increases expression2
GSK-J4decreases expression1
sodium arseniteaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
manganese chlorideincreases expression, affects cotreatment, increases abundance1
beta-hydroxy simvastatin acidaffects expression1
bisphenol Bincreases expression1
bisphenol AFincreases expression1
4-(4-((5-(4,5-dimethyl-2-nitrophenyl)-2-furanyl)methylene)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acidincreases expression1
Sunitinibincreases expression1
Fulvestrantaffects cotreatment, increases methylation1
Acetaminophenincreases expression1
Air Pollutantsdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Arsenicaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
Cadmiumincreases abundance, increases expression1
Carbamazepineaffects expression1
Cisplatinincreases expression1
Ivermectindecreases expression1
Manganeseaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
Nickeldecreases expression1
Smokedecreases expression1
Urethaneincreases expression1
Isotretinoindecreases expression1
Cyclosporineincreases expression1
Antirheumatic Agentsdecreases expression1
Okadaic Acidincreases expression1
Particulate Matterdecreases expression, increases abundance1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.