ELOVL fatty acid elongase 3

Symbol

ELOVL3 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the GNS1/SUR4 family. Members of this family play a role in elongation of long chain fatty acids to provide precursors for synthesis of sphingolipids and ceramides. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
elo-3 Caenorhabditis elegans
Elovl3 Mus musculus
Elovl3 Rattus norvegicus
ELO1 Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Links to external resources

Changes associated with this gene

Identifier Name Type Tissues Organism Gene Data Actions
DAA4173 Gene expression of ELOVL3 decreases with age Molecular skin Human ELOVL3 —

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0006633 fatty acid biosynthetic process biological_process
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:0034626 fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid biological_process
GO:0035338 long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA biosynthetic process biological_process
GO:0042761 very 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:0005515 protein binding molecular_function
GO:0016740 transferase activity molecular_function
GO:0016747 transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups molecular_function