RETSAT

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Also known as FLJ20296

Summary

RETSAT (retinol saturase, HGNC:25991) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 2p11.2, encoding All-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase (Q6NUM9). Catalyzes the saturation of all-trans-retinol to all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol.

Predicted to enable all-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase activity. Predicted to be involved in retinol metabolic process. Located in membrane.

Source: NCBI Gene 54884 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 145 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_017750

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:25991
Approved symbolRETSAT
Nameretinol saturase
Location2p11.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesFLJ20296
Ensembl geneENSG00000042445
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM617597
Entrez54884

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 19 — 15 protein_coding, 2 nonsense_mediated_decay, 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 1 retained_intron

ENST00000295802, ENST00000409984, ENST00000429806, ENST00000438611, ENST00000449375, ENST00000482694, ENST00000490291, ENST00000910001, ENST00000910002, ENST00000910003, ENST00000910004, ENST00000910005, ENST00000910006, ENST00000910007, ENST00000910008, ENST00000910009, ENST00000910010, ENST00000942520, ENST00000942521

RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_017750 NM_017750

CCDS: CCDS1972

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000295802 — 11 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000010045398534399985344165
ENSE000010045408534597585346094
ENSE000010045418535004085350241
ENSE000012750928535078085351021
ENSE000012750998535168085351862
ENSE000013037558534938485349581
ENSE000018293178535433685354528
ENSE000036099588534423985344348
ENSE000036717438534363985343798
ENSE000036795098534195585343381
ENSE000036813888534459485344732

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 284 present calls, max score 98.02.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 18.6050 / max 475.0742, expressed in 1797 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (4 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
2939414.10701781
293953.24021422
293970.8383454
293960.4195196

Top tissues by expression

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

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499198.02gold quality
ileal mucosaUBERON:000033197.94gold quality
jejunal mucosaUBERON:000039997.79gold quality
rectumUBERON:000105297.42gold quality
duodenumUBERON:000211497.24gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219097.21gold quality
adipose tissueUBERON:000101397.19gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582796.52gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123396.43gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123496.37gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582596.21gold quality
connective tissueUBERON:000238496.17gold quality
adipose tissue of abdominal regionUBERON:000780896.17gold quality
transverse colonUBERON:000115796.11gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041496.06gold quality
peritoneumUBERON:000235896.02gold quality
adrenal cortexUBERON:000123595.97gold quality
colonic mucosaUBERON:000031795.92gold quality
right lobe of liverUBERON:000111495.75gold quality
small intestine Peyer’s patchUBERON:000345495.72gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111995.61gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112095.58gold quality
mucosa of sigmoid colonUBERON:000499395.46gold quality
small intestineUBERON:000210895.42gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236995.28gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138895.23gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204694.82gold quality
skin of legUBERON:000151194.64gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138394.61gold quality
skin of abdomenUBERON:000141694.58gold 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): PPARA

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

59 targeting RETSAT, 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-3646100.0073.565283
HSA-MIR-477599.9875.006394
HSA-MIR-60799.9773.625593
HSA-MIR-548AA99.9670.643753
HSA-MIR-548AP-3P99.9670.643753
HSA-MIR-548T-3P99.9670.643753
HSA-MIR-590-3P99.9674.346478
HSA-MIR-9-3P99.9670.882068
HSA-MIR-95-5P99.8972.173973
HSA-MIR-548D-3P99.8770.674362
HSA-MIR-548BB-3P99.8670.584354
HSA-MIR-548AC99.8470.774351
HSA-MIR-548H-3P99.8470.804349
HSA-MIR-548Z99.8470.804349
HSA-MIR-204-5P99.7971.622439
HSA-MIR-211-5P99.7971.652440
HSA-MIR-62399.7668.161170
HSA-MIR-3617-5P99.7569.411968
HSA-MIR-64199.7569.351975
HSA-MIR-4446-5P99.7269.192544
HSA-MIR-4755-5P99.7170.342716
HSA-MIR-5006-3P99.7170.262728
HSA-MIR-105-5P99.5469.242060
HSA-MIR-7853-5P99.5469.302055
HSA-MIR-1212399.5271.792990
HSA-MIR-21-5P99.4670.541035
HSA-MIR-513A-3P99.3970.633620
HSA-MIR-513C-3P99.3970.633620
HSA-MIR-190B-3P99.3368.291382
HSA-MIR-590-5P99.2570.76930

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 3)

  • RetSat plays an important role in the biology of adipocytes, where it favors normal differentiation, yet is reduced in the obese state. (PMID:19139408)
  • RETSAT associates with DDX39B to promote fork restarting and resistance to gemcitabine based chemotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. (PMID:36109793)
  • Intestinal retinol saturase is implicated in the development of obesity and epithelial homeostasis upon injury. (PMID:38895981)

Cross-species orthologs

4 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_rerioretsat.2ENSDARG00000018600
danio_rerioretsat.1ENSDARG00000070140
mus_musculusRetsatENSMUSG00000056666
rattus_norvegicusRetsatENSRNOG00000014090

Paralogs (2): PYROXD2 (ENSG00000119943), BLOC1S2 (ENSG00000196072)

Protein

Protein identifiers

All-trans-retinol 13,14-reductaseQ6NUM9 (reviewed: Q6NUM9)

Alternative names: All-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol saturase, PPAR-alpha-regulated and starvation-induced gene protein

All UniProt accessions (5): Q6NUM9, H0YGU3, H7BZ16, H7BZ81, H7C3J0

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Catalyzes the saturation of all-trans-retinol to all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol. Does not exhibit any activity toward all-trans-retinoic acid, nor 9-cis, 11-cis or 13-cis-retinol isomers. May play a role in the metabolism of vitamin A. Independently of retinol conversion, may regulate liver metabolism upstream of MLXIPL/ChREBP. May play a role in adipocyte differentiation.

Subcellular location. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in liver; expression positively correlates with obesity and liver steatosis. Expressed in adipose tissue; expression tends to be decreased in obese versus lean individuals.

Similarity. Belongs to the carotenoid/retinoid oxidoreductase family. CrtISO subfamily.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q6NUM9-11yes
Q6NUM9-22

RefSeq proteins (1): NP_060220* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR036188FAD/NAD-bd_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR052206Retinol_saturaseFamily

Pfam: PF13450

Catalyzed reactions (Rhea), 1 shown:

  • all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol + A = all-trans-retinol + AH2 (RHEA:19193)

UniProt features (10 total): sequence variant 3, sequence conflict 3, splice variant 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q6NUM9-F195.170.90

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

1 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-975634Retinoid metabolism and transport

MSigDB gene sets: 161 (showing top): GOMF_OXIDOREDUCTASE_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_THE_CH_CH_GROUP_OF_DONORS, GRAESSMANN_APOPTOSIS_BY_DOXORUBICIN_UP, ACEVEDO_NORMAL_TISSUE_ADJACENT_TO_LIVER_TUMOR_DN, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_HORMONE_LEVELS, GOBP_RETINOL_METABOLIC_PROCESS, ICHIBA_GRAFT_VERSUS_HOST_DISEASE_35D_DN, GOBP_LIPID_METABOLIC_PROCESS, CHARAFE_BREAST_CANCER_LUMINAL_VS_BASAL_DN, chr2p11, MARIADASON_REGULATED_BY_HISTONE_ACETYLATION_UP, IVANOVA_HEMATOPOIESIS_EARLY_PROGENITOR, WENG_POR_TARGETS_GLOBAL_DN, WENG_POR_DOSAGE, GOBP_ISOPRENOID_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_PRIMARY_ALCOHOL_METABOLIC_PROCESS

GO Biological Process (3): retinol metabolic process (GO:0042572), retinoid metabolic process (GO:0001523), lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

GO Molecular Function (2): all-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase activity (GO:0051786), oxidoreductase activity (GO:0016491)

GO Cellular Component (5): nuclear outer membrane (GO:0005640), endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789), membrane (GO:0016020), nuclear membrane (GO:0031965), endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-2 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Visual phototransduction1
Metabolism of fat-soluble vitamins1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
nuclear outer membrane-endoplasmic reticulum membrane network2
organelle membrane2
retinoid metabolic process1
primary alcohol metabolic process1
hormone metabolic process1
olefinic compound metabolic process1
diterpenoid metabolic process1
primary metabolic process1
oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-CH group of donors1
retinol metabolic process1
catalytic activity1
nuclear membrane1
organelle outer membrane1
endoplasmic reticulum subcompartment1
cellular anatomical structure1
nucleus1
nuclear envelope1
cytoplasm1
endomembrane system1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1493 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
RETSATBCO1Q9HAY6539
RETSATLRATO95237518
RETSATBCO2Q9BYV7439
RETSATFAXDC2Q96IV6419
RETSATELMOD3Q96FG2401
RETSATHSD17B10Q99714399
RETSATIDI1Q13907399
RETSATDHRS4Q9BTZ2397
RETSATFDFT1P37268383
RETSATAASDHQ4L235375
RETSATGGPS1O95749374
RETSATASGR2P07307372
RETSATSORDQ00796367
RETSATMVDP53602363
RETSATCREG1O75629362

IntAct

135 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
CFTRESYT2psi-mi:“MI:2364”(proximity)0.710
ANKRD46ATRNpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
GDPD5GOLIM4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
SPINT2UPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
EVA1CUPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
KCNS3UPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PCDHB16UPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
SCN3BABCC5psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
IL9RRETSATpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CXCR4TMEM120Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
SLC31A1C2orf72psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
LRRTM1UPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
EVA1CSTK25psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
SLC31A1PRORPpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
ESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
HSCBRBP5psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
LRRTM1TMEM223psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
PCDHGB4FAM171A2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TMPRSS3UPK3BL1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TPRA1BMPR1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (167): RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS), RETSAT (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0JPE9, A2AJL3, A2VD33, O46504, O75191, P12276, P12785, P13439, P17256, P19096, P31754, Q08D86, Q0IH28, Q0VFE7, Q3MIF4, Q3SYZ6, Q3TNA1, Q4V831, Q4V9P6, Q503J2, Q566S6, Q5M7T9, Q5R979, Q5RFE6, Q5U5V2, Q5XH07, Q5XIG6, Q5ZMJ4, Q64FG0, Q68FH4, Q6DCD1, Q6DH69, Q6GMR7, Q6GP95, Q6NUM9, Q6NUW9, Q6ZS86, Q71SP7, Q7TSQ8, Q80SY6

Diamond homologs: A0A0A1GKA2, A0B880, A0R4S9, A1RW13, A3CXS4, A3MWF6, A4FWG7, A4WKY7, A4YIV7, A6UPZ7, A6UV59, A6VGT9, A7EWL8, A7HMY3, A8NSD1, A8ZVP3, A9A9W1, A9RHW6, A9RHX1, A9SMC8, A9SME1, B0R884, B1YDX0, C3MQY1, C3MWW9, C3N6N6, C3N749, C3NGI6, C4KIA7, C4XIR5, C5X2M4, C5XNN6, D4GSS5, F6BCS4, F6H7K5, F6H9A9, G5EAZ2, H8ZPX1, O27657, O29556

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 154 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

Reactome pathways:

PathwayPartnersFoldFDR
R-HSA-425393912.0×6e-06
SLC-mediated transmembrane transport148.5×3e-07
Transport of small molecules184.7×6e-06

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
potassium ion import across plasma membrane514.3×3e-03
chloride transmembrane transport611.1×2e-03
monoatomic ion transport89.8×4e-04
potassium ion transmembrane transport99.6×2e-04
transmembrane transport79.2×2e-03

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

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

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance107
Likely benign8
Benign6

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

1763 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
2:85344048:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000
2:85344592:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
2:85344592:ACG:Adonor_gain1.0000
2:85344593:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
2:85344593:CG:Cdonor_gain1.0000
2:85344593:CGC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
2:85346092:CAC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85346095:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85349579:CAC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85350779:CCT:Cdonor_gain1.0000
2:85350781:TTA:Tdonor_gain1.0000
2:85350797:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
2:85350798:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
2:85350814:T:Adonor_gain1.0000
2:85350817:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000
2:85351017:GATTC:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351018:ATTC:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351019:TTC:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351019:TTCCT:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
2:85351020:TC:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351021:CC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351022:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351674:CCTTA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
2:85351675:CTTAC:Cdonor_loss1.0000
2:85351676:TTAC:Tdonor_loss1.0000
2:85351677:TA:Tdonor_loss1.0000
2:85351678:A:Cdonor_loss1.0000
2:85351679:C:Adonor_loss1.0000
2:85351859:AAAG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
2:85351863:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

3943 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
2:85351810:A:CS75R0.991
2:85351810:A:TS75R0.991
2:85351812:T:GS75R0.991
2:85351687:A:CF116L0.987
2:85351687:A:TF116L0.987
2:85351689:A:GF116L0.987
2:85350941:A:GW146R0.986
2:85350941:A:TW146R0.986
2:85350825:A:CF184L0.985
2:85350825:A:TF184L0.985
2:85350827:A:GF184L0.985
2:85344629:G:CN407K0.984
2:85344629:G:TN407K0.984
2:85344677:G:CF391L0.983
2:85344677:G:TF391L0.983
2:85344679:A:GF391L0.983
2:85343360:C:TG572E0.982
2:85351016:G:CH121D0.981
2:85351708:A:CF109L0.981
2:85351708:A:TF109L0.981
2:85351710:A:GF109L0.981
2:85351021:C:TG119E0.980
2:85351745:T:AE97V0.978
2:85350917:C:GD154H0.977
2:85343376:C:GD567H0.976
2:85350050:G:CF263L0.975
2:85350050:G:TF263L0.975
2:85350052:A:GF263L0.975
2:85343381:C:AG565V0.974
2:85351751:A:TV95E0.974

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000450698 (2:85351263 C>T), RS1000803859 (2:85347613 C>T), RS1000923527 (2:85346561 T>C), RS1001519607 (2:85346880 C>A), RS1001950471 (2:85347193 C>A), RS1002044230 (2:85342023 A>C), RS1002406858 (2:85354426 T>C), RS1002418200 (2:85354054 C>A), RS1002610473 (2:85352255 A>G), RS1003751454 (2:85350391 T>A), RS1003856732 (2:85354668 A>G,T), RS1003960525 (2:85341781 G>A), RS1004027782 (2:85344859 G>T), RS1004313663 (2:85348481 A>C), RS1004382356 (2:85350633 G>A,T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:617597 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

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

GWAS associations

0 associations (top):

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

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

CTD chemical–gene interactions

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

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Aflatoxin B1affects cotreatment, increases expression, affects expression5
Benzo(a)pyrenedecreases methylation, increases expression4
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases expression3
sodium arsenitedecreases expression, increases abundance2
Air Pollutantsaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases oxidation, decreases expression2
Dactinomycinaffects cotreatment, increases expression, increases secretion2
Dexamethasoneincreases expression, affects cotreatment, decreases expression2
Methyl Methanesulfonateincreases expression2
Smokedecreases expression, increases abundance2
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxinincreases expression2
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression, increases expression2
aristolochic acid Iincreases expression1
FR900359affects phosphorylation1
bisphenol Fincreases expression1
alpha-pineneaffects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance1
bisphenol Aaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
perfluorooctanoic aciddecreases expression1
methacrylaldehydeaffects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance1
ciglitazoneaffects binding, increases expression1
perfluoro-n-nonanoic acidincreases expression1
K 7174increases expression1
nutlin 3affects cotreatment, increases expression, increases secretion1
ICG 001increases expression1
bisphenol Bincreases expression1
bisphenol Saffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
jinfukangincreases expression, affects cotreatment1
(+)-JQ1 compoundincreases expression1
bisphenol AFincreases expression1
Temozolomideincreases expression1
Sunitinibincreases expression1

Cellosaurus cell lines

5 cell lines: 5 cancer cell line

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_E2J2HAP1 RETSAT (-) 1Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_E2J3HAP1 RETSAT (-) 2Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_E2J4HAP1 RETSAT (-) 3Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_E2J5HAP1 RETSAT (-) 4Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_E2J6HAP1 RETSAT (-) 5Cancer cell lineMale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

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

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