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ELOVL7 ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7

Gene ID: 79993, updated on 17-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding

Summary

Enables fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid; fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid; and very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Genomic context

Location:
5q12.1
Sequence:
Chromosome: 5; NC_000005.10 (60751791..60844269, complement)
Total number of exons:
14

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