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ELOVL1 ELOVL fatty acid elongase 1

Gene ID: 64834, updated on 4-Jan-2025
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: Ssc1; IKSHD; CGI-88

Summary

Enables fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in fatty acid biosynthetic process and sphingolipid biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jan 2025]

Genomic context

Location:
1p34.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 1; NC_000001.11 (43363401..43368011, complement)
Total number of exons:
9

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