FADS6 Gene
protein-coding GIFtS: 40
GCID: GC17M072873
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fatty acid desaturase 6(Previous names: fatty acid desaturase domain family, member 6 )
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Aliases for FADS6 gene
(According to
1HGNC,
2Entrez Gene,
3UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
4UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 5OMIM, 6GeneLoc,
7Ensembl,
8DME,
9miRBase,
and/or 10fRNAdb) About This Section
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| Fatty Acid Desaturase 61 2 | | Fatty Acid Desaturase Domain Family, Member 61 2 | | EC 1.14.19.-3 |
Export aliases for FADS6 gene to outside databasesPrevious GC identifers: GC17M070386 GC17M068283 |
Summaries for FADS6 gene(According to Entrez Gene,
Tocris Bioscience,
Wikipedia's
Gene Wiki,
PharmGKB,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
and/or
UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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Genomic Views for FADS6 gene
(According to
GeneLoc and/or
HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 37),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to
UCSC (hg19) and
Ensembl (release 69),
Regulatory elements and Epigenetics data according to
QIAGEN,
SABiosciences, and/or
SwitchGear Genomics) About This Section
| RefSeq DNA sequence:- NC_000017.10 NC_018928.1 NT_010783.15
Regulatory elements: SABiosciences Regulatory transcription factor binding sites in the FADS6 gene promoter: c-Fos AhR Egr-3 Bach1 AP-1 NRSF form 1 NRSF form 2 Gfi-1 Arnt Other transcription factors
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Epigenetics:
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Genomic Location: Genomic View: UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track
Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 17q25.1 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 17q25.1 HGNC cytogenetic band: 17q25.1FADS6 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to
(and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc information about chromosome 17 GeneLoc Exon Structure GeneLoc location for GC17M072873: view genomic region
(about GC identifiers)
Start:
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72,873,428 bp from pter |
End:
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72,889,708 bp from pter |
Size:
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16,281 bases |
Orientation:
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minus strand |
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Proteins for FADS6 gene
(According to
1UniProtKB,
HORDE,
neXtProt,
Ensembl,
and/or Reactome,
Modification sites according to 2PhosphoSitePlus,
Specific Peptides from DME,
Protein expression images according to data from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDb,
RefSeq according to NCBI,
PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia,
Recombinant Proteins
from
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
GenScript,
Enzo Life Sciences,
OriGene,
Novus Biologicals,
Sino Biological,
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Uscn,
Biochemical Assays by
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
OriGene,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
Uscn,
Ontologies according to Gene
Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 and
Entrez Gene,
Antibodies by
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
OriGene,
Novus Biologicals,
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Abcam, and/or
Uscn)
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| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: FADS6_HUMAN, Q8N9I5 (See
protein sequence)Recommended Name: Fatty acid desaturase 6 Size: 356 amino acids; 40447 Da
Subcellular location: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential)
Sequence caution: Sequence=BAC04349.1; Type=Miscellaneous discrepancy; Note=The N-terminus contains a duplication ofthe repeated 'MEPTEP' sequence. It is unclear whether such duplication is due to a sequencing error or a polymorphism;
Secondary accessions: Q17RQ7 Q6XYE1Alternative splicing: 2 isoforms: Q8N9I5-1 Q8N9I5-2 (No experimental confirmation available)Explore the universe of human proteins at neXtProt for FADS6: NX_Q8N9I5
Post-translational modifications:
View modification sites using PhosphoSitePlus2View neXtProt modification sites for NX_Q8N9I5 FADS6 Protein expression data from MOPED and PaxDb: About this image 
 REFSEQ proteins: NP_835229.2 ENSEMBL proteins: ENSP00000307821 ENSP00000464267 Human Recombinant Protein Products for FADS6:
Gene Ontology (GO): 1 cellular component term (GO ID links to tree view): About this table | GO ID | Qualified GO term | Evidence | PubMed IDs |
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| GO:0016021 | integral to membrane |
IEA | -- |
FADS6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Protein
Domains / Families for FADS6 gene(According to InterPro, ProtoNet,
UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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FADS6 for domains About GeneDecksing
1 InterPro domain/family:Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry Q8N9I5ProtoNet protein and cluster: Q8N9I5 UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: FADS6_HUMAN, Q8N9I5Similarity: Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase family |
Function for FADS6 gene
(According to 1UniProtKB,
Genatlas,
LifeMap Discovery™,
IUBMB, and/or
2DME,
Human phenotypes from GenomeRNAi,
Animal models from MGI Mar 06 2013,
inGenious Targeting Laboratory,
bound targets from SABiosciences,
miRNA Gene Targets from miRTarBase,
shRNA from
OriGene,
Sirion Biotech,
RNAi from
EMD Millipore,
siRNAs from
OriGene,
QIAGEN,
microRNA from QIAGEN,
Gene Editing from DNA2.0,
Sirion Biotech,
Clones from EMD Millipore,
OriGene,
SwitchGear Genomics,
GenScript,
Sino Biological,
DNA2.0,
and Vector BioLabs,
Cell Lines from GenScript,
LifeMap BioReagents,
Sirion Biotech,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene.)
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| Enzyme Number (IUBMB): EC 1.14.19.-1
Gene Ontology (GO): 1 molecular function term (GO ID links to tree view): About this table | GO ID | Qualified GO term | Evidence | PubMed IDs |
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| GO:0016491 | oxidoreductase activity |
IEA | -- |
FADS6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
Phenotypes: 1 GenomeRNAi human phenotype for FADS6: Animal Models:
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Pathways & Interactions for FADS6 gene
(Pathways according to
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
Cell Signaling Technology,
KEGG,
PharmGKB,
BioSystems,
Reactome,
Tocris Bioscience,
GeneGo (Thomson Reuters),
QIAGEN,
and/or UniProtKB,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
Interaction Networks according to
SABiosciences,
and/or STRING,
Interactions according to 1UniProtKB,
2MINT,
3I2D, and/or
4STRING,
with links to IntAct and
Ensembl,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene).
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| Unified GeneCards pathways  About this table  See pathways by source
| Super-pathway | contained gene-specific pathways |
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| 1 | Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids | |
1 BioSystems Pathway for FADS6 
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: FADS6_HUMAN, Q8N9I5Pathway: Lipid metabolism; fatty acid metabolismInteractions:
Search SABiosciences Gene Network CentralTM Interacting Genes and Proteins Networks for FADS6
STRING Interaction
Network Preview (showing 3 interactants - click image to see more details)
 3 Interacting proteins for FADS6 (ENSP000003078214) via UniProtKB, MINT, STRING, and/or I2D About this table
Gene Ontology (GO): 1 biological process term (GO ID links to tree view): About this table | GO ID | Qualified GO term | Evidence | PubMed IDs |
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| GO:0006633 | fatty acid biosynthetic process |
IEA | -- |
FADS6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Drugs & Compounds for FADS6 gene(Chemical Compounds according to UniProtKB, Enzo Life Sciences,
EMD Millipore, Tocris Bioscience
HMDB,
BitterDB, and/or
Novoseek, and Drugs according to
DrugBank,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
PharmGKB, with drugs/clinical trials/news
search links to CenterWatch)
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Browse Tocris compounds for FADS6 Search CenterWatch for drugs/clinical trials and news about FADS6 
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Transcripts for FADS6 gene(Secondary structures according to
fRNAdb,
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
Unigene
(Build 235 Homo sapiens; Mar 10 2013) or GenBank, RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
DOTS (version 10), and/or
AceView,
transcript ids from Ensembl
with links to UCSC,
exon structure from GeneLoc,
alternative splicing isoforms according to ASD and/or
ECgene,
RNAi Products from
EMD Millipore,
siRNAs from
OriGene,
QIAGEN,
shRNA from
OriGene,
Sirion Biotech,
microRNA from QIAGEN,
Tagged/untagged cDNA clones from
OriGene,
SwitchGear Genomics,
GenScript,
DNA2.0,
Vector BioLabs,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN
) About This Section
| REFSEQ mRNAs for FADS6 gene: NM_178128.3 Unigene Cluster for FADS6: Fatty acid desaturase domain family, member 6 Hs.448845 [show with all ESTs]Unigene Representative Sequence: AY2039293 Ensembl transcripts including schematic representations, and UCSC links where relevant: ENST00000310226(uc010wrn.1 uc002jmd.1) ENST00000413142 ENST00000579663
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Additional cDNA sequence: AK094411.1 AK293720.1 AY203929.1 BC117230.1 3 DOTS entries: DT.99930267 DT.120974581 DT.91652998 4 AceView cDNA sequences: BG696484 AK094411 AY203929 NM_178128 GeneLoc Exon Structure
2 Alternative Splicing Database (ASD) splice patterns (SP) for FADS6 About this scheme
| ExUns: | 1 | ^ | 2 | ^ | 3a | · | 3b | ^ | 4 | ^ | 5 | |
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ECgene alternative splicing isoforms for FADS6
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Expression for FADS6 gene
(RNA expression data according to
H-InvDB,
NONCODE,
miRBase, and
RNAdb,
Expression images according to data from
BioGPS,
Illumina Human BodyMap, and
CGAP
SAGE,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
in vivo and in vitro expression data from LifeMap Discovery™,
plus additional links to
Genevestigator, and/or
SOURCE, and/or
BioGPS, and/or
UniProtKB,
PCR Arrays from
SABiosciences,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics)
About This Section
| FADS6 expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities) See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot About this imageBioGPS CGAP TAG: --
 About this image See FADS6 Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDB SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.448845 SABiosciences Custom PCR Arrays for FADS6
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Orthologs for FADS6 gene
(Orthologs according to
1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version),
3euGenes,
4SGD
,
5MGI Mar 06 2013,
with possible further links to
Flybase
and/or
WormBase,
and/or
6Ensembl pan taxonomic compara ,
Gene Trees according to Ensembl and
TreeFam)
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This gene was present in the common ancestor of chordates.
Orthologs for FADS6 gene from 4/11 species (see all 11) About this table
ENSEMBL Gene Tree for FADS6 (if available) TreeFam Gene Tree for FADS6 (if available)  |
Paralogs for FADS6 gene(Paralogs according to
1HomoloGene, 2Ensembl, and 3SIMAP, Pseudogenes according to 4Pseudogene.org Build 68) About This Section
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Genomic Variants for FADS6 gene(SNPs/Variants according to the
1NCBI SNP Database,
2Ensembl,
3PupaSUITE,
UniProtKB, and
DNA2.0,
Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap,
Structural Variations(CNVs/InDels/Inversions) from the Database of Genomic Variants, Mutations from the Human Gene
Mutation Database (HGMD) and the Locus Specific Mutation
Databases (LSDB), Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT,
Resequencing Primers from QIAGEN,
Cancer Mutation PCR Arrays and Assays and Copy Number PCR Arrays from SABiosciences)
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| Genomic Data | Transcription Related Data | Allele Frequencies | | SNP ID | Valid | Clinical significance | Chr 17 pos | Sequence | # | AA Chg | Type | More | # | Allele freq | Pop | Total sample | More |
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HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for FADS6 (72873428 - 72889708 bp)
Structural Variations (Copy Number Variations, Insertions/Deletions, Inversions) Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) variations for FADS6: --  | SABiosciences Cancer Mutation PCR Assays |
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Disorders
/ Diseases for FADS6 gene
(in which this Gene is Involved, According to MalaCards,
OMIM, UniProtKB,
the University of Copenhagen DISEASES
database,
Genatlas, GeneTests,
GAD,
HuGE Navigator,
and/or TGDB.)
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Publications for FADS6 gene (in
PubMed.
Associations of this gene to articles via
1Entrez Gene,
2UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
3HGNC,
4GAD,
5PharmGKB,
6HMDB,
7DrugBank,
8UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
9 Novoseek, and/or
10fRNAdb)
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PubMed articles for FADS6 gene integrated from 9 sources: (articles sorted by number of sources associating them with FADS6) | |  | Utopia: connect your pdf to the dynamic world of online information |
- Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. (PubMed id 14702039)1, 2 Ota T.... Sugano S. (2004)
- The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). (PubMed id 15489334)2 Gerhard D.S....Malek J. (2004)
- Large-scale cDNA transfection screening for genes related to cancer development and progression. (PubMed id 15498874)2 Wan D....Gu J. (2004)
- Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. (PubMed id 12477932)1 Strausberg R.L....Marra M.A. (2002)
- Sequence variation and genomic organization of fatty acid desaturase-2 (fad2) and fatty acid desaturase-6 (fad6) cDNAs in maize. (PubMed id 12677402)9 Mikkilineni V. and Rocheford T.R. (2003)
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External Searches for FADS6 gene
(in PubMed,
OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf) About This Section
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Genome Databases showing FADS6 gene
(According to
Entrez Gene,
HGNC,
AceView,
euGenes,
Ensembl,
miRBase,
ECgene,
Kegg,
and/or
H-InvDB)
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Other Databases showing FADS6 gene
(According to HUGE)
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Specialized Databases showing FADS6 gene(According to PharmGKB,
ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL, Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) About This Section
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| Name | Description |
| PharmGKB entry for FADS6 | Pharmacogenomics, SNPs, Pathways |
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| Patent Information for FADS6 gene: Search GeneIP for patents involving FADS6
GeneCards and IP: Japan Patent Office Licenses GeneCards European Patent Office Licenses GeneCards Improving the IP Search
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