Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
79993
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
ELOVL7
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
-
Chromosome Chromosome number
5
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
5q12.1
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT030779 hsa-miR-21-5p Microarray 18591254
MIRT720742 hsa-miR-6732-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT720741 hsa-miR-10a-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT720740 hsa-miR-10b-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT720739 hsa-miR-6849-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 20937905, 25416956, 32296183
GO:0005783 Component Endoplasmic reticulum IDA 20937905
GO:0005789 Component Endoplasmic reticulum membrane TAS
GO:0006636 Process Unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process IEA
GO:0009922 Function Fatty acid elongase activity EXP 19826053
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
614451 26292 ENSG00000164181
Protein
UniProt ID A1L3X0
Protein name Very long chain fatty acid elongase 7 (EC 2.3.1.199) (3-keto acyl-CoA synthase ELOVL7) (ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7) (ELOVL FA elongase 7) (Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 7) (Very long chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 7) (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
PDB 6Y7F
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01151 ELO 29 269 GNS1/SUR4 family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in most tissues except heart and skeletal muscle. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20937905}.
Sequence
Sequence length 281
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
  Synthesis of very long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs