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    FADS6 fatty acid desaturase 6 [ Equus caballus (horse) ]

    Gene ID: 100060278, updated on 17-Aug-2024

    Summary

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    Official Symbol
    FADS6provided by VGNC
    Official Full Name
    fatty acid desaturase 6provided by VGNC
    Primary source
    VGNC:VGNC:17774
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSECAG00000047974
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    MODEL
    Organism
    Equus caballus
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Perissodactyla; Equidae; Equus
    Orthologs
    human mouse all
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    Genomic context

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    See FADS6 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    chromosome: 11
    Exon count:
    6
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current EquCab3.0 (GCF_002863925.1) 11 NC_009154.3 (6945969..6968215)

    Chromosome 11 - NC_009154.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene otopetrin 2 Neighboring gene USH1 protein network component sans Neighboring gene ferredoxin reductase Neighboring gene glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2C

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_009154.3 Chromosome 11 Reference EquCab3.0 Primary Assembly

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. Annotation of the Protein Coding Regions of the Equine Genome. Hestand MS, et al. PLoS One, 2015. PMID 26107351, Free PMC Article
    2. Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation. Burge S, et al. Database (Oxford), 2012. PMID 22301074, Free PMC Article
    3. TreeGrafter: phylogenetic tree-based annotation of proteins with Gene Ontology terms and other annotations. Tang H, et al. Bioinformatics, 2019 Feb 1. PMID 30032202, Free PMC Article

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    General gene information

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    Homology

    Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables 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 IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in lipid metabolic process IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in membrane IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		 PubMed 

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    fatty acid desaturase 6

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_002863925.1-RS_2024_08

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    Reference EquCab3.0 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_009154.3 Reference EquCab3.0 Primary Assembly

      Range
      6945969..6968215
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_001492600.5 → XP_001492650.2  fatty acid desaturase 6

      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      F6Z4F5
      Related
      ENSECAP00000021464.3, ENSECAT00000025782.4
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam00487
      Location:66 → 311
      FA_desaturase; Fatty acid desaturase
      cl00615
      Location:86 → 304
      Membrane-FADS-like; The membrane fatty acid desaturase (Membrane_FADS)-like CD includes membrane FADSs, alkane hydroxylases, beta carotene ketolases (CrtW-like), hydroxylases (CrtR-like), and other related proteins. They are present in all groups of organisms with the ...
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