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elo-6 Long chain fatty acid elongase 6 [ Caenorhabditis elegans ]

Gene ID: 177321, updated on 2-Nov-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
elo-6
Official Full Name
Long chain fatty acid elongase 6
Primary source
WormBase:WBGene00001244
Locus tag
CELE_F41H10.8
See related
AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00001244
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary
Predicted to enable fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in methyl-branched fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in amphid neurons; intestine; nerve ring; and vulva. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
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Genomic context

See elo-6 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
chromosome: IV
Exon count:
3
Sequence:
Chromosome: IV; NC_003282.8 (5386629..5388559, complement)

Chromosome IV - NC_003282.8Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene CACTA en-spm transposon protein Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene HORMA domain-containing protein

Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by WormBase

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables fatty acid elongase activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables fatty acid elongase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables transferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in cellular biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cellular lipid metabolic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in fatty acid biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in lipid biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in methyl-branched fatty acid biosynthetic process IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in sphingolipid biosynthetic process IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
Long chain fatty acid elongase 6
NP_500797.1
  • Partially confirmed by transcript evidence

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_003282.8 Reference assembly

    Range
    5386629..5388559 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_068396.8NP_500797.1  Long chain fatty acid elongase 6 [Caenorhabditis elegans]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_500797.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q20303
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam01151
    Location:33262
    ELO; GNS1/SUR4 family