Candidate genes and fatty acids in beef meat, a review

Figures & data

Figure 1. Summary of least square means of fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in various cattle breeds (*Kelava Ugarković et al. 2013; **Papaleo Mazzucco et al. 2016; ***Jaborek et al. 2019).

Figure 2. Summary of least-square means of fatty acid composition of longissimus thoracis muscle in various cattle breeds and genotypes (*Bartoň et al. 2010; **Matsuhashi et al. 2011; ***Oh et al. 2012; ****Sasago et al. 2017; ‘*’Flowers et al. 2018; ‘**’Momot et al. 2020).

Figure 3. Summary of least-square means of fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi (*Kelava Ugarković et al. 2013; **Papaleo Mazzucco et al. 2016; ***Jaborek et al. 2019) and longissimus thoracis muscle in various cattle breeds and genotypes (*Sasago et al. 2017; **Flowers et al. 2018; ***Momot et al. 2020).

Table 1. Genes associated with fatty acid composition (Hirwa et al. 2010; Jeong et al. 2012; Berton et al. 2016).

	Function	Location	Symbol	Name
Fatty acids	Metabolic process	BTA 1	ADIPOQ	Adiponectin, C1Q and collagen domain containing
		BTA 2	FABP3	Fatty acid-binding protein 3
		BTA 5	PPARA	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha
		BTA 6	SCD5	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 5
		BTA 7	CD74	CD74 molecule
		BTA 8	LPL	Lipoprotein lipase
		BTA 11	PTGS1	Prostanglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1
		BTA 13	PTPLA (HACD1)	Protein tyrosine phosphatase-like, member A variant 4
		BTA 15	ACAT1	Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1
			UCP3	Uncoupling protein 3
		BTA 22	ACOX2	Acyl-CoA oxidase 2
		BTA 23	TNXB	Tenascin XB
			PPARD	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta
		BTA 25	ACSM1	Acyl-CoA synthetase medium-chain family member 1
		BTA 26	GPAM	Gylcerol-3-phosphate actyltransferase
	Oxidation	BTA 3	MCAD	Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
		BTA 5	CPT1B	Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1B
		BTA 19	VLCAD	Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
	Transport	BTA 4	CD36	Fatty acid translocase
		BTA 5	SLC16A7	Solute carrier family 16 member 7
		BTA 7	FATP1	Fatty acid transporter protein 1
		BTA 11	SLC1A4	Solute carrier family 1 member 4
	Esterification	BTA 14	DGAT1	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1
		BTA 15	DGAT2	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2
		BTA 23	AGPAT1	Acylglycerol phosphate acyltransferase 1
		BTA 26	GPAT1	Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 1
	Metabolism	BTA 11	PTGS1	Prostanglandin-Endoperoxide synthase 1
		BTA 15	ACAT1	Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1
		BTA 23	TNXB	Tenascin XB
		BTA 26	SCD	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (Δ-9-desaturase)
	Synthesis	BTA 13	ACSS1	Acyl-CoA synthetase short-chain family member 1
		BTA 25	ACSM3	Acyl-CoA synthetase medium-chain family member 3
	Binding	BTA 1	PLOD2	Procollagen-lysine,2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2
		BTA 2	FABP3	Fatty acid-binding protein 3
		BTA 4	FABP4	Fatty acid-binding protein 4
Lipids	Metabolic process	BTA 2	PAFAH2	Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase 2
		BTA 18	LIPE	Lipase E
	Fat deposition	BTA 8	LDL	Lipoprotein lipase
		BTA 15	DGAT2	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2
		BTA 19	ACACA	Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha
			FASN	Fatty acid synthase
		BTA 26	GPAM	Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
	Metabolism	BTA 18	HSL (LIPE)	Hormone-sensitive lipase E
		BTA 19	GH	Growth hormone
		BTA 22	MGLL	Monoglyceride lipase
		BTA 25	ACSM3	Acyl-CoA synthetase medium-chain family member 3
		BTA 29	ATGL (PNPLA2)	Adipose triglyceride lipase
	Marbling	BTA 1	FSTL1	Follistatin like 1
		BTA 2	IGFBP5	Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5
			TTN	Titin
			NEB	Nebulin
		BTA 3	RORC	RAR related orphan receptor C
		BTA 4	LEP	Leptin
		BTA 7	CAST	Calpastatin
		BTA 8	ANXA1	Annexin A1
		BTA 14	DGAT1	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1
			TG	Thyroglobulin
			FABP4	Fatty acid Binding Protein 4
			CRH	Corticotropin-releasing hormone
		BTA 25	ALDOA	Aldolase A, fructose-biphosphate
		BTA 26	SCD	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
	Transport	BTA 13	LBP	Lipopolysaccharide binding protein
		BTA 22	MGLL	Monoglyceride lipase
	Lipolysis	BTA 8	LPL	Lipoprotein lipase
		BTA 18	HSL (LIPE)	Hormone-sensitive lipase E
		BTA 22	MGL	Monoglyceride Lipase
		BTA 29	ATGL (PNPLA2)	Adipose triglyceride lipase/patatin like phospholipase domain containing 2
	Uptake	BTA 7	FATP1 (SLC27A1)	Fatty acid transport protein 1/solute carrier family 27 member
		BTA 19	ACACA	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha
			FASN	Fatty acid synthase
	Lipogenesis	BTA 4	LEP	Leptin
		BTA 26	SCD	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
	Intmrauscular fat	BTA 1	ADIPOQ	Adiponectin, C1Q and collagen domain containing

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Data availability statement

The articles used in this review are available on request from the corresponding author, A.I., or can be found in the Scopus base.