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ELOVL2 - ELOVL fatty acid elongase 2 (human)

Gene
Symbol
Dates
  • Create:
    2016-09-14
  • Modify:
    2024-12-31
Description
Enables fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid and very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum.

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • SSC2
  • very long chain fatty acid elongase 2
  • 3-keto acyl-CoA synthase ELOVL2
  • ELOVL FA elongase 2
  • elongation of very long chain fatty acids (FEN1/Elo2, SUR4/Elo3, yeast)-like 2
  • elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 2
  • very long chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 2
  • very long chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA synthase 2

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 HGNC ID

1.2.2 Ensembl ID

1.2.3 Alliance Gene ID

1.2.4 Bgee Gene ID

1.2.5 Enzyme Commission (EC) Number

1.2.6 GlyCosmos Gene

1.2.7 MIM Number

1.2.8 Open Targets ID

1.2.9 PharmGKB ID

1.2.10 Pharos Target

1.2.11 VEuPathDB ID

1.2.12 Wikidata

3 Proteins

3.1 Protein Function

Catalyzes the first and rate-limiting reaction of the four reactions that constitute the long-chain fatty acids elongation cycle. This endoplasmic reticulum-bound enzymatic process allows the addition of 2 carbons to the chain of long- and very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) per cycle. Condensing enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of polyunsaturated very long chain fatty acid (C20- and C22-PUFA), acting specifically toward polyunsaturated acyl-CoA with the higher activity toward C20:4(n-6) acyl-CoA. May participate in the production of polyunsaturated VLCFAs of different chain lengths that are involved in multiple biological processes as precursors of membrane lipids and lipid mediators.

3.2 Protein 3D Structures

3.2.1 AlphaFold Structures

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):583-589. DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2. PMID:34265844; PMCID:PMC8371605

3.3 Protein Targets

4 Chemicals and Bioactivities

4.1 Tested Compounds

5 BioAssays

5.1 Small-Molecule BioAssays

5.2 RNAi BioAssays

6 Diseases and Phenotypes

6.1 Gene-Disease Associations

7 Interactions and Pathways

7.1 Chemical-Gene Interactions

7.2 Interactions

7.3 Pathways

8 Biochemical Reactions

9 Expression

10 Target Development Level

11 Literature

11.1 Consolidated References

11.2 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

11.3 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

11.4 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

12 Patents

12.1 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

12.2 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

12.3 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

13 Classification

13.1 Gene Ontology: Biological Process

13.2 Gene Ontology: Cellular Component

13.3 Gene Ontology: Molecular Function

13.4 ChEMBL Target Tree

13.5 Enzyme Classification

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