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Facts about Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 5.
Gives rise to a mixture of 16:1 and 18:1 unsaturated fatty acids. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SCD5 |
Uniprot: | Q86SK9 |
Entrez: | 79966 |
Belongs to: |
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fatty acid desaturase type 1 family |
ACOD4Acyl-CoA-desaturase 4; FADS4; FLJ21032; HSCD5Stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase; SCD2; SCD4EC 1.14.19.1; stearoyl-CoA desaturase 4; stearoyl-CoA desaturase 5
Mass (kDA):
37.61 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q21.22 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (82629539..82798857, complement) |
Detected in fetal brain, and at lower levels in fetal kidney. Detected in adult brain and pancreas, and at lower levels in kidney and lung.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 12727354 by Beiraghi S., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel gene disrupted by a pericentric inversion inv(4)(p13.1q21.1) in a family with cleft lip.
PMID: 15907797 by Wang J., et al. Characterization of HSCD5, a novel human stearoyl-CoA desaturase unique to primates.