fat-6

Gene

fat-6

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-6

Organism

Caenorhabditis elegans

Length

339 amino acids

Function

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on stearoyl-CoA. Also acts on vaccenyl-coA and heptadecanyol-CoA.

Similarity

Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.

Mass

39.059 kDa

Sequence

MTVKTRSNIAKKIEKDGGPETQYLAVDPNEIIQLQEESKKIPYKMEIVWRNVALFAALHFAAAIGLYQLIFEAKWQTVIFTFLLYVFGGFGITAGAHRLWSHKSYKATTPMRIFLMILNNIALQNDVIEWARDHRCHHKWTDTDADPHNTTRGFFFAHMGWLLVRKHPQVKEQGAKLDMSDLLSDPVLVFQRKHYFPLVILCCFILPTIIPVYFWKETAFIAFYTAGTFRYCFTLHATWCINSAAHYFGWKPYDSSITPVENVFTTIAAVGEGGHNFHHTFPQDYRTSEYSLKYNWTRVLIDTAAALGLVYDRKTACDEIIGRQVSNHGCDIQRGKSIM

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-6: fat-6