Gene Cluster: FADS1

Organism: Homo sapiens

Synonymous: D5D|FADS6|FADSD5|FLJ38956|FLJ90273|LLCDL1|TU12

fatty acid desaturase 1

Link to Entrez Gene

Map: 11q12.2-q13.1

GO:0000248 C-5 sterol desaturase activity
GO:0005506 iron ion binding
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0005624 membrane fraction
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0005792 microsome
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0006636 unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0006810 transport
GO:0007267 cell-cell signaling
GO:0008654 phospholipid biosynthetic process
GO:0009267 cellular response to starvation
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral to membrane
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
GO:0020037 heme binding
GO:0022900 electron transport chain
GO:0045449 regulation of transcription
GO:0045595 regulation of cell differentiation
GO:0046456 icosanoid biosynthetic process

Reference Sequence: NM_013402.3

4213bp CDS 81..1415

Homologous cDNA sequence in the JCRB Genebank

FADS1 (5:5'UTR, C:CDS, 3:3'UTR, N:Unknown)

Chimpanzee
PflB3847 PstA0523 PstA2758