Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 2166
Gene name Fatty acid amide hydrolase
Gene symbol FAAH
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
FAAH-1FAAH1PSAB
Chromosome 1
Chromosome location 1p33
Summary This gene encodes a protein that is responsible for the hydrolysis of a number of primary and secondary fatty acid amides, including the neuromodulatory compounds anandamide and oleamide. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT038079 hsa-miR-423-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT510261 hsa-miR-4695-5p PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT510260 hsa-miR-4459 PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT510259 hsa-miR-665 PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT510258 hsa-miR-6840-3p PAR-CLIP 20371350
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
1
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
STAT3 Activation 12556536
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0004040 Function Amidase activity IBA
GO:0004040 Function Amidase activity IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 25416956
GO:0005543 Function Phospholipid binding IEA
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
602935 3553 ENSG00000117480
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O00519
Protein name Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1 (EC 3.5.1.99) (Anandamide amidohydrolase 1) (Fatty acid ester hydrolase) (EC 3.1.1.-) (Oleamide hydrolase 1)
Protein function Catalyzes the hydrolysis of endogenous amidated lipids like the sleep-inducing lipid oleamide ((9Z)-octadecenamide), the endocannabinoid anandamide (N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-ethanolamine), as well as other fatty amides, to their corres
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01425 Amidase 95 562 Amidase Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in the brain, small intestine, pancreas, skeletal muscle and testis. Also expressed in the kidney, liver, lung, placenta and prostate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17015445}.
Sequence
Sequence length 579
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling   Arachidonic acid metabolism
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Polysubstance abuse, susceptibility to Likely pathogenic rs2522820995 RCV003990696
Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Cervical cancer Benign rs77724956 RCV005906290
Colon adenocarcinoma Benign rs77724956 RCV005906289
FAAH POLYMORPHISM Benign; Likely benign rs324420 RCV000007116
FAAH-related disorder Benign; Likely benign rs324420, rs78529632, rs761243387 RCV003974803
RCV003974093
RCV003939831
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Abdominal Pain Associate 17962356
Abortion Habitual Associate 11390466
Adenocarcinoma Associate 18566995
Alcoholism Associate 27716956, 28150397
Alzheimer Disease Associate 14657172, 33810505
Alzheimer Disease Stimulate 22720070
Anorexia Nervosa Associate 19659925
Antisocial Personality Disorder Inhibit 33462180
Antisocial Personality Disorder Associate 35064143
Anxiety Associate 19103437, 27005594, 27716956, 31184938, 34496065, 35944262, 37222214