ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6

Symbol

ELOVL6 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

Fatty acid elongases (EC 6.2.1.3), such as ELOVL6, use malonyl-CoA as a 2-carbon donor in the first and rate-limiting step of fatty acid elongation (Moon et al., 2001 [PubMed 11567032]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
Baldspot Drosophila melanogaster
elovl6 Danio rerio
Elovl6 Mus musculus
Elovl6 Rattus norvegicus

Links to external resources

Changes associated with this gene

Identifier Name Type Tissues Organism Gene Data Actions
DAA2920 Gene expression of ELOVL6 decreases with age Molecular adipose tissue Human ELOVL6 —

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0019367 fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid biological_process
GO:0019432 triglyceride biosynthetic process biological_process
GO:0034625 fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid biological_process
GO:0035338 long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA biosynthetic process biological_process
GO:0042759 long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process biological_process
GO:0044255 cellular lipid metabolic process biological_process
GO:0044281 small molecule metabolic process biological_process
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum cellular_component
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane cellular_component
GO:0016020 membrane cellular_component
GO:0016021 integral to membrane cellular_component
GO:0030176 integral to endoplasmic reticulum membrane cellular_component
GO:0005515 protein binding molecular_function
GO:0009922 fatty acid elongase activity molecular_function
GO:0016740 transferase activity molecular_function
GO:0016747 transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups molecular_function