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ABHD15
abhydrolase domain containing 15
Chromosome 17 · 17q11.2
NCBI Gene: 116236Ensembl: ENSG00000168792.5HGNC: HGNC:26971UniProt: Q6UXT9
12PubMed Papers
12Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingmembranemonoacylglycerol lipase activitylipid metabolic processneurodegenerative diseaseBreast hypertrophyInsulin resistanceobesity
✦AI Summary

ABHD15 (abhydrolase domain containing 15) is a lipid metabolic enzyme primarily expressed in adipose tissue that plays critical roles in glucose homeostasis, adipocyte development, and cellular stress responses. In white adipose tissue, ABHD15 is essential for insulin's anti-lipolytic action by stabilizing phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B), thereby suppressing PKA activity and hormone-sensitive lipase phosphorylation to prevent fatty acid mobilization 1. ABHD15 functions as a direct PPARγ target gene and is upregulated during adipogenesis, where it protects adipocytes from apoptosis through BCL-2 pathway activation 2. Notably, ABHD15 expression is decreased in obesity and diabetes, contributing to impaired insulin signaling and elevated circulating fatty acids 1. Beyond adipose tissue, ABHD15 promotes cardiomyocyte viability under hypoxic stress by enhancing glucose uptake, GLUT4 translocation, and glycolytic flux while inhibiting apoptosis via IR/PI3K/AKT and IR/Raf/ERK signaling pathways 3. These findings identify ABHD15 as a potential therapeutic target for metabolic disorders including insulin resistance and myocardial infarction.

Sources cited
1
ABHD15 is required for insulin's anti-lipolytic action in adipose tissue by stabilizing PDE3B; loss of ABHD15 causes insulin resistance and increased fatty acid mobilization
PMID: 29768196
2
ABHD15 is a PPARγ target gene essential for adipogenesis and adipocyte apoptosis protection; expression is reduced in obesity, high-fat diet, fasting, and aging
PMID: 24236098
3
ABHD15 promotes cardiomyocyte viability and glycolysis while inhibiting apoptosis under hypoxia via IR/PI3K/AKT and IR/Raf/ERK signaling pathways
PMID: 33257193
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 3 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ12
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.30Weak
Breast hypertrophyOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Insulin resistanceOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
obesityOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
childhood supratentorial ependymomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
liver hemangiomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
myocardial infarctionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndromeOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
type 2 diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
uterine corpus endometrial carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
PDE3BProtein interaction72%PLIN1Shared pathway50%LIPHShared pathway50%LIPIShared pathway50%CLPSShared pathway40%PLA1AShared pathway40%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
100%
Bone Marrow
44%
Lung
31%
Heart
26%
Ovary
16%
Brain
14%
Gene Interaction Network
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ABHD15PDE3BPLIN1LIPHLIPICLPSPLA1A
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q6UXT9
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.48LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF1.11 [0.84–1.48]
RankingsWhere ABHD15 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #16,377of 20,598
    Most Researched12
  • #15,049of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.48
Genes detectedABHD15
Sources retrieved3 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
3
1
Loss of ABHD15 Impairs the Anti-lipolytic Action of Insulin by Altering PDE3B Stability and Contributes to Insulin Resistance.
PMID: 29768196
Cell Rep · 2018
1.00
2
α/β-hydrolase domain containing protein 15 (ABHD15)--an adipogenic protein protecting from apoptosis.
PMID: 24236098
PLoS One · 2013
0.67
3
ABHD15 promotes cell viability, glycolysis, and inhibits apoptosis in cardiomyocytes under hypoxia.
PMID: 33257193
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · 2021
0.33