fat-5

Gene

fat-5

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-5

Organism

Caenorhabditis elegans

Length

333 amino acids

Function

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on palmitoyl-CoA. Also acts on pentadecanoyl-coA and myristoyl-CoA.

Similarity

Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.

Mass

38.462 kDa

Sequence

MTQIKVDAIISKQFLAADLNEIRQMQEESKKQVIKMEIVWKNVALFVALHIGALVGLYQLVFQAKWATVGWVFLLHTLGSMGVTGGAHRLWAHRAYKATLSWRVFLMLINSIAFQNDIIDWARDHRCHHKWTDTDADPHSTNRGMFFAHMGWLLVKKHDQLKIQGGKLDLSDLYEDPVLMFQRKNYLPLVGIFCFALPTFIPVVLWGESAFIAFYTAALFRYCFTLHATWCINSVSHWVGWQPYDHQASSVDNLWTSIAAVGEGGHNYHHTFPQDYRTSEHAEFLNWTRVLIDFGASIGMVYDRKTTPEEVIQRQCKKFGCETEREKMLHKLG

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-5: fat-5