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Table 1 Description of genes analyzed in skeletal muscle tissue.

From: Adipogenic and energy metabolism gene networks in longissimus lumborum during rapid post-weaning growth in Angus and Angus × Simmental cattle fed high-starch or low-starch diets

Gene symbol1

Cellular localization

Biological process

ACACA

Cytoplasm

Fatty acid biosynthesis

ACLY

Cytosol

Citrate metabolic process

ACSL1

Plasma and ER membranes

Fatty acid metabolism

AGPAT1

ER membrane

Phosphatidic acid biosynthesis

CD36

Plasma membrane

Fatty acid metabolism

DGAT1

ER membrane

Triacylglycerol metabolism

DGAT2

ER membrane

Triacylglycerol metabolism

FABP4

Cytosol

Fatty acid binding, transport

FADS2

ER membrane

Unsaturated fatty acid synthesis

FASN

Cytosol

Fatty acid biosynthesis

G6PD

Cytosol

Pentose-phosphate shunt

GPAM

Cytosol, mitochondria

Triacylglycerol biosynthesis

INSIG1

ER membrane

Lipid metabolism, cell proliferation

INSR

Plasma membrane

Insulin receptor signaling

IRS1

Cytosol

Insulin receptor signaling

LPIN1

Nucleus, ER, cytosol

Phosphatidic acid hydrolysis, transcription

LPIN2

ER, cytosol

Phosphatidic acid hydrolysis

LPIN3

ER, cytosol

Phosphatidic acid hydrolysis

MDH2

Mitochondrial matrix

Tricarboxylic acid cycle, malate metabolic process

PPARD

Nucleus

Fatty acid beta-oxidation, transcription

PPARG

Nucleus

Induction of adipocyte differentiation, transcription

PPARGC1A

Nucleus

Fatty acid beta-oxidation, transcription factor

PPARGC1B

Nucleus

DNA-dependent regulation of transcription

PRKAA1

Cytosol

Fatty acid biosynthesis, signal transduction

PRKAA2

Cytosol

Fatty acid biosynthesis, signal transduction

SCAP

ER membrane, Golgi

SREBP target gene transcription activation

SCD

ER membrane

Fatty acid biosynthesis

SLC27A1

Plasma and ER membranes

Fatty acid transport

SLC2A4

Plasma membrane, cytosol

Glucose transport, glucose homeostasis

SREBF1

Golgi and ER membranes, nucleus

Transcription regulation

THRSP

Nucleus

Lipid metabolic process

  1. 1Entrez Gene, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)