fat-7

Gene

fat-7

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-7

Organism

Caenorhabditis elegans

Length

338 amino acids

Function

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

Similarity

Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.

Mass

39.062 kDa

Sequence

MTVKTRASIAKKIEKDGLDSQYLFMDPNEVLQVQEESKKIPYKMEIVWRNVALFAALHVAAAIGLYELVFHAKWQTAVFSFALYVFSGFGITAGAHRLWSHKSYKATTPMRIFLMLLNNIALQNDIIEWARDHRCHHKWTDTDADPHNTTRGFFFTHMGWLLVRKHPQVKEHGGKLDLSDLFSDPVLVFQRKHYFPLVILFCFILPTIIPVYFWKETAFIAFYVAGTFRYCFTLHATWCINSAAHYFGWKPYDTSVSAVENVFTTVVAVGEGGHNFHHTFPQDYRASEYSLIYNWTRVLIDTAAVLGLVYDRKTIADEFISRQVANHGSEESRKKSIM

Protein

Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-7: fat-7