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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