Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
54898
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 2
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
ELOVL2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
SSC2
Chromosome Chromosome number
6
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
6p24.2
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT025624 hsa-miR-10a-5p Sequencing 20371350
MIRT029052 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT050775 hsa-miR-17-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT961176 hsa-let-7a CLIP-seq
MIRT961177 hsa-let-7b CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000038 Process Very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 20937905, 32296183, 38422897
GO:0005783 Component Endoplasmic reticulum IDA 20937905
GO:0005783 Component Endoplasmic reticulum IEA
GO:0005789 Component Endoplasmic reticulum membrane IBA
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
611814 14416 ENSG00000197977
Protein
UniProt ID Q9NXB9
Protein name Very long chain fatty acid elongase 2 (EC 2.3.1.199) (3-keto acyl-CoA synthase ELOVL2) (ELOVL fatty acid elongase 2) (ELOVL FA elongase 2) (Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 2) (Very long chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 2) (Very long chain 3
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
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01151 ELO 30 265 GNS1/SUR4 family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Liver and testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20937905}.
Sequence
Sequence length 296
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Fatty acid elongation
Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids
Metabolic pathways
Fatty acid metabolism
  Linoleic acid (LA) metabolism
alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) metabolism
Synthesis of very long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs
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