Preferred Label : cat Gene;
NCIt synonyms : Chloramphenicol Acetyl Transferase Gene; cat;
NCIt definition : Bacterial chloramphenicol-O-acetyltransferase (cat) gene encodes chloramphenicol-O-acetyltransferase
protein, an enzyme that acetylates the antiobiotic chloramphenicol to yield chloramphenicol
3-acetate. This product is not an inhibitor of peptidyltransferase, the enzyme responsible
for natural chloramphenicol resistance in bacteria. The cat gene is used to select
chloramphenicol-resistant colonies following genetic transfection of bacteria.;
Origin ID : C19450;
UMLS CUI : C1366498;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cat [ICD-11 Extension code]
Semantic type(s)