• Gene id: 283985

Gene Summary

• Gene Symbol: FADS6   Gene   UCSC   Ensembl
• Aliases: FP18279
• Gene name: fatty acid desaturase 6
• Alternate names: fatty acid desaturase 6, fatty acid desaturase domain family, member 6,
• Gene location: 17q25.1 (74893802: 74877301)     Exons: 6     NC_000017.11
• OMIM: 605752

Protein Summary

• Protein general information: Q8N9I5  
  • Name: Fatty acid desaturase 6 (EC 1.14.19. )
  • Length: 356  
  • Mass: 40447
• Sequence:

  MEPTEPMEPTEPMEPTEPMEPARSAHRGGEALLRELEVLVQDVVRTSSWWERHGVDCAILALSLFALPAGFLCLR
  WENALVFASGITILGVCHYTLTVKGSHLATHGALTESKRWSKIWLLFFVEVCTAFTAEHATHGHVKMHHAYTNVV
  GLGDSSTWRLPCLNRYVYMFLAPFLLPIATPLVAVERLRKVELGTALRTLALISLGLYSHYWLLLNVSGFKNPSS
  ALGCMFLTRSLLAHPYLHVNIFQHIGLPMFSRDNKPRRIHMMSLGVLNLARLPVLDWAFGHSIISCHVEHHLFPR
  LSDNMCLKVKPVVSQFLREKQLPYNEDSYLARFQLFLRRYEEFMVQAPPITELVGL

• Structural information:
  • Interpro: IPR005804  
  • STRING: ENSP00000481684
• Other Databases: GeneCards:  FADS6  Malacards:  FADS6

Gene ontology

GO accession	Term name	Evidence code	Go category
GO:0006629	lipid metabolic process	IEA	biological process
GO:0006633	fatty acid biosynthetic process	IEA	biological process
GO:0055114	oxidation-reduction process	IEA	biological process
GO:0006629	lipid metabolic process	IEA	biological process
GO:0016491	oxidoreductase activity	IEA	molecular function
GO:0006631	fatty acid metabolic process	IEA	biological process
GO:0016020	membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0016021	integral component of membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	molecular function
GO:0016020	membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0006631	fatty acid metabolic process	IEA	biological process

Diseases

Associated diseases	References
Cryptorchidism	MIK: 28606200

PubMed references

PMID	Condition	Mutation	Ethnicity	Population details	Infertility_type	Associated_genes
28606200	Cryptorchidism			Monozgotic twins (1 control, I cwith cryptorchidism)	Male infertility	MeDIP-Seq
28606200	Cryptorchidism			Monozgotic twins (1 control, I cwith cryptorchidism)	Male infertility	MeDIP-Seq