Specification
| Description | Recombinant protein from the full-length sequence of homo sapiens fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2), transcript variant 1 (NM_004265). |
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| Expression Host | Human Cells |
| Tag Info | His or DYKDDDDK. Please contact us if you need further information or require specific designed tag. |
| Purity | Greater than 90% by SDS-PAGE gel |
| Uniprot ID | O95864 |
| Entry Name | FADS2_HUMAN |
| Gene Names | FADS2 |
| Alternative Gene Names | |
| Alternative Protein Names | Acyl-CoA 6-desaturase (EC 1.14.19.3) (Delta(6) fatty acid desaturase) (D6D) (Delta(6) desaturase) (Delta-6 desaturase) (Fatty acid desaturase 2) |
| Application | Antigens, Western, ELISA and other in vitro binding or in vivo functional assays, and protein-protein interaction studies; For research & development use only! |
| Buffer | Purified protein formulated in a sterile solution of PBS buffer, pH7.2, without any preservatives |
| Endotoxin | Endotoxin level is < 0.1 ng/µg of protein (<1EU /µg) |
| Length | 444 |
| Molecular Weight(Da) | 52259 |
| Protein Sequence | (The sequence of expressed protein may have some variation from the sequence shown below. Please contact us for the exact sequence.) MGKGGNQGEGAAEREVSVPTFSWEEIQKHNLRTDRWLVIDRKVYNITKWSIQHPGGQRVIGHYAGEDATDAFRAFHPDLEFVGKFLKPLLIGELAPEEPSQDHGKNSKITEDFRALRKTAEDMNLFKTNHVFFLLLLAHIIALESIAWFTVFYFGNGWIPTLITAFVLATSQAQAGWLQHDYGHLSVYRKPKWNHLVHKFVIGHLKGASANWWNHRHFQHHAKPNIFHKDPDVNMLHVFVLGEWQPIEYGKKKLKYLPYNHQHEYFFLIGPPLLIPMYFQYQIIMTMIVHKNWVDLAWAVSYYIRFFITYIPFYGILGALLFLNFIRFLESHWFVWVTQMNHIVMEIDQEAYRDWFSSQLTATCNVEQSFFNDWFSGHLNFQIEHHLFPTMPRHNLHKIAPLVKSLCAKHGIEYQEKPLLRALLDIIRSLKKSGKLWLDAYLHK |
Background
| Function | FUNCTION: Involved in the biosynthesis of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) from the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) linoleic acid (LA) (18:2n-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (18:3n-3) precursors, acting as a fatty acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) desaturase that introduces a cis double bond at carbon 6 of the fatty acyl chain. Catalyzes the first and rate limiting step in this pathway which is the desaturation of LA (18:2n-6) and ALA (18:3n-3) into gamma-linoleate (GLA) (18:3n-6) and stearidonate (18:4n-3), respectively (PubMed:12713571). Subsequently, in the biosynthetic pathway of HUFA n-3 series, it desaturates tetracosapentaenoate (24:5n-3) to tetracosahexaenoate (24:6n-3), which is then converted to docosahexaenoate (DHA)(22:6n-3), an important lipid for nervous system function (By similarity). Desaturates hexadecanate (palmitate) to produce 6Z-hexadecenoate (sapienate), a fatty acid unique to humans and major component of human sebum, that has been implicated in the development of acne and may have potent antibacterial activity (PubMed:12713571). It can also desaturate (11E)-octadecenoate (trans-vaccenoate, the predominant trans fatty acid in human milk) at carbon 6 generating (6Z,11E)-octadecadienoate (By similarity). In addition to Delta-6 activity, this enzyme exhibits Delta-8 activity with slight biases toward n-3 fatty acyl-CoA substrates (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:B8R1K0, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9Z122, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12713571}. |
| Pathway | Lipid metabolism; polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis. |
| Protein Families | Fatty acid desaturase type 1 family |
| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in a wide array of tissues, highest expression is found in liver followed by brain, lung, heart, and retina. A lower level is found in breast tumor when compared with normal tissues; lowest levels were found in patients with poor prognostic index. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10860662, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12851727, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9867867}. |
QC Data
| Note | Please contact us for QC Data |
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