| Identification |
| HMDB Protein ID
| CDBP02307 |
| Secondary Accession Numbers
| Not Available |
| Name
| Fatty acid desaturase 2 |
| Description
| Not Available |
| Synonyms
|
- D6D
- Delta(6) desaturase
- Delta(6) fatty acid desaturase
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| Gene Name
| FADS2 |
| Protein Type
| Enzyme |
| Biological Properties |
| General Function
| Involved in heme binding |
| Specific Function
| Component of a lipid metabolic pathway that catalyzes biosynthesis of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) from precursor essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) linoleic acid (LA) (18:2n-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (18:3n-3). Catalyzes the first and rate limiting step in this pathway which is the desaturation of LA (18:2n-6) and ALA (18:3n-3) into gamma- linoleic acid (GLA) (18:3n-6) and stearidonic acid (18:4n-3) respectively and other desaturation steps. Highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) play pivotal roles in many biological functions. It catalizes as well the introduction of a cis double bond in palmitate to produce the mono-unsaturated fatty acid sapienate, the most abundant fatty acid in sebum |
| GO Classification
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| Function |
| ion binding |
| cation binding |
| metal ion binding |
| binding |
| catalytic activity |
| transition metal ion binding |
| 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 |
| iron ion binding |
| oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen |
| heme binding |
| oxidoreductase activity |
| Process |
| carboxylic acid metabolic process |
| monocarboxylic acid metabolic process |
| fatty acid metabolic process |
| fatty acid biosynthetic process |
| oxidation reduction |
| lipid metabolic process |
| metabolic process |
| primary metabolic process |
| cellular metabolic process |
| organic acid metabolic process |
| oxoacid metabolic process |
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| Cellular Location
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- Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential)
- Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
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| Pathways
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| Name | SMPDB/Pathwhiz | KEGG | | Alpha Linolenic Acid and Linoleic Acid Metabolism |    |  |
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| Gene Properties |
| Chromosome Location
| Chromosome:1 |
| Locus
| 11q12.2 |
| SNPs
| FADS2 |
| Gene Sequence
|
>1335 bp
ATGGGGAAGGGAGGGAACCAGGGCGAGGGGGCCGCCGAGCGCGAGGTGTCGGTGCCCACC
TTCAGCTGGGAGGAGATTCAGAAGCATAACCTGCGCACCGACAGGTGGCTGGTCATTGAC
CGCAAGGTTTACAACATCACCAAATGGTCCATCCAGCACCCGGGGGGCCAGCGGGTCATC
GGGCACTACGCTGGAGAAGATGCAACGGATGCCTTCCGCGCCTTCCACCCTGACCTGGAA
TTCGTGGGCAAGTTCTTGAAACCCCTGCTGATTGGTGAACTGGCCCCGGAGGAGCCCAGC
CAGGACCACGGCAAGAACTCAAAGATCACTGAGGACTTCCGGGCCCTGAGGAAGACGGCT
GAGGACATGAACCTGTTCAAGACCAACCACGTGTTCTTCCTCCTCCTCCTGGCCCACATC
ATCGCCCTGGAGAGCATTGCATGGTTCACTGTCTTTTACTTTGGCAATGGCTGGATTCCT
ACCCTCATCACGGCCTTTGTCCTTGCTACCTCTCAGGCCCAAGCTGGATGGCTGCAACAT
GATTATGGCCACCTGTCTGTCTACAGAAAACCCAAGTGGAACCACCTTGTCCACAAATTC
GTCATTGGCCACTTAAAGGGTGCCTCTGCCAACTGGTGGAATCATCGCCACTTCCAGCAC
CACGCCAAGCCTAACATCTTCCACAAGGATCCCGATGTGAACATGCTGCACGTGTTTGTT
CTGGGCGAATGGCAGCCCATCGAGTACGGCAAGAAGAAGCTGAAATACCTGCCCTACAAT
CACCAGCACGAATACTTCTTCCTGATTGGGCCGCCGCTGCTCATCCCCATGTATTTCCAG
TACCAGATTATCATGACCATGATCGTCCATAAGAACTGGGTGGACCTGGCCTGGGCCGTC
AGCTACTACATCCGGTTCTTCATCACCTACATCCCTTTCTACGGCATCCTGGGAGCCCTC
CTTTTCCTCAACTTCATCAGGTTCCTGGAGAGCCACTGGTTTGTGTGGGTCACACAGATG
AATCACATCGTCATGGAGATTGACCAGGAGGCCTACCGTGACTGGTTCAGTAGCCAGCTG
ACAGCCACCTGCAACGTGGAGCAGTCCTTCTTCAACGACTGGTTCAGTGGACACCTTAAC
TTCCAGATTGAGCACCACCTCTTCCCCACCATGCCCCGGCACAACTTACACAAGATCGCC
CCGCTGGTGAAGTCTCTATGTGCCAAGCATGGCATTGAATACCAGGAGAAGCCGCTACTG
AGGGCCCTGCTGGACATCATCAGGTCCCTGAAGAAGTCTGGGAAGCTGTGGCTGGACGCC
TACCTTCACAAATGA
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| Protein Properties |
| Number of Residues
| 444 |
| Molecular Weight
| 52259.1 |
| Theoretical pI
| 9.18 |
| Pfam Domain Function
|
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| Signals
|
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Transmembrane Regions
|
- ["132-152", "158-178", "265-285", "306-326"]
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| Protein Sequence
|
>Fatty acid desaturase 2
MGKGGNQGEGAAEREVSVPTFSWEEIQKHNLRTDRWLVIDRKVYNITKWSIQHPGGQRVI
GHYAGEDATDAFRAFHPDLEFVGKFLKPLLIGELAPEEPSQDHGKNSKITEDFRALRKTA
EDMNLFKTNHVFFLLLLAHIIALESIAWFTVFYFGNGWIPTLITAFVLATSQAQAGWLQH
DYGHLSVYRKPKWNHLVHKFVIGHLKGASANWWNHRHFQHHAKPNIFHKDPDVNMLHVFV
LGEWQPIEYGKKKLKYLPYNHQHEYFFLIGPPLLIPMYFQYQIIMTMIVHKNWVDLAWAV
SYYIRFFITYIPFYGILGALLFLNFIRFLESHWFVWVTQMNHIVMEIDQEAYRDWFSSQL
TATCNVEQSFFNDWFSGHLNFQIEHHLFPTMPRHNLHKIAPLVKSLCAKHGIEYQEKPLL
RALLDIIRSLKKSGKLWLDAYLHK
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| External Links |
| GenBank ID Protein
| Not Available |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID
| O95864 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name
| FADS2_HUMAN |
| PDB IDs
|
Not Available |
| GenBank Gene ID
| AF126799 |
| GeneCard ID
| FADS2 |
| GenAtlas ID
| FADS2 |
| HGNC ID
| HGNC:3575 |
| References |
| General References
| Not Available |