| Protein Name | fatty acid desaturase 1 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 84575 |
| Gene Symbol | Fads1 |
| UniProt | Q920R3 (FADS1_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 65 |
Description |
fatty acid desaturase 1 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables acyl-CoA (8-3)-desaturase activity. Involved in several processes, including response to fenofibrate; response to vitamin A; and unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane and mitochondrion. Biomarker of congestive heart failure; hypertension; and obesity. Orthologous to human FADS1 (fatty acid desaturase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025] |
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