| Protein Name | Desaturase 2 |
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| Organism | Drosophila melanogaster |
| Gene ID | 41536 |
| Gene Symbol | Desat2 |
| UniProt | Q9VG68 (Q9VG68_DROME) |
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Total Number of Articles : 4 |
Description |
Desaturase 2 |
| Gene Summary |
Predicted to enable iron ion binding activity and stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity. Predicted to be involved in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 79. Orthologous to several human genes including SCD5 (stearoyl-CoA desaturase 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, May 2025] |
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