Homo sapiens Gene: ELOVL6
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-34174.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol ELOVL6
Gene Name ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000170522
Encoded Proteins
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary Fatty acid elongases (EC 6.2.1.3), such as ELOVL6, use malonyl-CoA as a 2-carbon donor in the first and rate-limiting step of fatty acid elongation (Moon et al., 2001 [PubMed 11567032]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 4:110045846-110199199
Strand Reverse strand
Band q25
Transcripts
ENST00000302274 ENSP00000304736
ENST00000394607 ENSP00000378105
ENST00000514184 ENSP00000424023
ENST00000507451
ENST00000506625 ENSP00000425488
ENST00000506461
ENST00000503885 ENSP00000426086
ENST00000513003
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 2 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 2 [view]
Protein-Protein 2 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0016747 transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
Biological Process
GO:0006633 fatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0019367 fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid
GO:0019432 triglyceride biosynthetic process
GO:0030497 fatty acid elongation
GO:0035338 long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA biosynthetic process
GO:0042759 long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0044255 cellular lipid metabolic process
GO:0044281 small molecule metabolic process
Cellular Component
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0030176 integral component of endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Activation of gene expression by SREBF (SREBP) pathway
Regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis by SREBP (SREBF) pathway
Synthesis of very long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs pathway
Fatty Acyl-CoA Biosynthesis pathway
Triglyceride Biosynthesis pathway
Fatty acid, triacylglycerol, and ketone body metabolism pathway
Metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins pathway
Metabolism pathway
KEGG
Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids pathway
Fatty acid elongation pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9H5J4
TrEMBL A0A024RDK5 D6RCU0 D6RHI2
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 79071
UniGene Hs.17519 Hs.412939 Hs.652828
RefSeq NM_001130721 NM_024090
HUGO HGNC:15829
OMIM 611546
CCDS CCDS3690
HPRD 13269
IMGT
EMBL AC004050 AC093770 AK027031 AK074813 BC001305 CH471057
GenPept AAH01305 AAY40928 BAB15632 BAC11225 EAX06259 EAX06260
RNA Seq Atlas 79071