Primary Identifier | MGI:1928740 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 60527 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water. Acts upstream of or within gene expression and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in nervous system; retina; and thoracic segment skeleton. Orthologous to human FADS3 (fatty acid desaturase 3). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous knockout affects highly unsaturated fatty acid levels in the liver and brain. [provided by MGI curators] |