Primary Identifier | MGI:1195976 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 12686 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in fatty acid biosynthetic process and positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in brown fat; embryo; head; and skin. Orthologous to human ELOVL3 (ELOVL fatty acid elongase 3). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous mutants have a sparse coat, hyperplastic pilosebaceous system, and abnormal hair lipid content with high levels of eicosenoic acid. Liver and brown adipose tissue functions are normal. [provided by MGI curators] |