GLYAT, ACGNAT, CAT, GAT, Glycine N-acyltransferase, Acyl-CoA:glycine N-acyltransferase, Aralkyl acyl-CoA N-acyltransferase, Aralkyl acyl-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase, Benzoyl-coenzyme A:glycine N-acyltransferase, Glycine N-benzoyltransferase, HRP-1(CLP)

The glycine-N-acyltransferase protein conjugates glycine with acyl-CoA substrates in the mitochondria. The protein is thought to be important in the detoxification of endogenous and xenobiotic acyl-CoA's. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.