BAAT

Gene

bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase

HGNCHGNC:932 EnsemblENSG00000136881 NCBI Gene570

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9q31.1

Also known as

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

Also known asBAT · BACAT

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Alias symbolsBAT, BACAT

Previous namesbile acid Coenzyme A:amino acid N-acyltransferase (glycine N-choloyltransferase), bile acid CoA: amino acid N-acyltransferase (glycine N-choloyltransferase)

Alias namesglycine N-choloyltransferase, choloyl-CoA hydrolase

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.

Cholestasis

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Early-onset non-syndromic cataract

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

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.

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2024-07-04.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.