Gene Cluster: FADS2

Organism: Homo sapiens

Synonymous: D6D|DES6|FADSD6|LLCDL2|SLL0262|TU13

fatty acid desaturase 2

Link to Entrez Gene

Map: 11q12-q13.1

GO:0005506 iron ion binding
GO:0005624 membrane fraction
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0005887 integral to plasma membrane
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0006636 unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0006810 transport
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
GO:0016717 oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water
GO:0020037 heme binding
GO:0022900 electron transport chain

Reference Sequence: NM_004265.2

3149bp CDS 151..1485

Homologous cDNA sequence in the JCRB Genebank

FADS2 (5:5'UTR, C:CDS, 3:3'UTR, N:Unknown)

Chimpanzee