AGPAT2

Gene

1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2

HGNCHGNC:325 EnsemblENSG00000169692 NCBI Gene10555

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9q34.3

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asBSCL · LPAAT-beta · LPLAT2

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Previous symbolsBSCL

Alias symbolsLPAAT-beta, LPLAT2

Previous namesBerardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2 (lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase, beta)

Alias nameslysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase-beta, 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase beta, lysophospholipid acyltransferase 2

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Lipodystrophy

Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Drug Hypersensitivity

Familial prostate cancer

Prostatic Neoplasms

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferasesLysophospholipid acyltransferases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.