FADS2

FADS2
Identifiers
Aliases	FADS2, D6D, DES6, FADSD6, LLCDL2, SLL0262, TU13, fatty acid desaturase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 606149 MGI: 1930079 HomoloGene: 3149 GeneCards: FADS2
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	61,867,354 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (mouse)
End	10,079,110 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	ganglionic eminence; ; stromal cell of endometrium; ; amygdala; ; hypothalamus; ; islet of Langerhans; ; smooth muscle tissue; ; nucleus accumbens; ; cingulate gyrus; ; caudate nucleus; ; putamen;
	Top expressed in
	adrenal gland; ; saccule; ; otic placode; ; habenula; ; optic nerve; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus; ; liver; ; left colon; ; mammillary body;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity; oxidoreductase activity; linoleoyl-CoA desaturase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane; endoplasmic reticulum;
Biological process	unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process; alpha-linolenic acid metabolic process; linoleic acid metabolic process; fatty acid biosynthetic process; lipid metabolism; fatty acid metabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	9415
	56473
	ENSG00000134824
	ENSMUSG00000024665
	O95864
	Q9Z0R9
	NM_001281501; NM_001281502; NM_004265
	NM_019699
	NP_001268430; NP_001268431; NP_004256
	NP_062673
	Wikidata
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Fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FADS2 gene.

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