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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP03232
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 8800
  • HMDBP06635
Name Fatty acid desaturase 2
Synonyms
  1. D6D
  2. Delta(6) desaturase
  3. Delta(6) fatty acid desaturase
Gene Name FADS2
Protein Type Unknown
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
Pathways
  • alpha-Linolenic acid metabolism
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
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
metabolic process
primary metabolic process
cellular metabolic process
organic acid metabolic process
oxoacid metabolic process
carboxylic acid metabolic process
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
fatty acid metabolic process
fatty acid biosynthetic process
oxidation reduction
lipid metabolic process
Cellular Location
  1. Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential)
  2. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
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
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 444
Molecular Weight 52259.1
Theoretical pI 9.18
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • None
Transmembrane Regions
  • 132-152
  • 158-178
  • 265-285
  • 306-326
Protein Sequence
>Fatty acid desaturase 2
MGKGGNQGEGAAEREVSVPTFSWEEIQKHNLRTDRWLVIDRKVYNITKWSIQHPGGQRVI
GHYAGEDATDAFRAFHPDLEFVGKFLKPLLIGELAPEEPSQDHGKNSKITEDFRALRKTA
EDMNLFKTNHVFFLLLLAHIIALESIAWFTVFYFGNGWIPTLITAFVLATSQAQAGWLQH
DYGHLSVYRKPKWNHLVHKFVIGHLKGASANWWNHRHFQHHAKPNIFHKDPDVNMLHVFV
LGEWQPIEYGKKKLKYLPYNHQHEYFFLIGPPLLIPMYFQYQIIMTMIVHKNWVDLAWAV
SYYIRFFITYIPFYGILGALLFLNFIRFLESHWFVWVTQMNHIVMEIDQEAYRDWFSSQL
TATCNVEQSFFNDWFSGHLNFQIEHHLFPTMPRHNLHKIAPLVKSLCAKHGIEYQEKPLL
RALLDIIRSLKKSGKLWLDAYLHK
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
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