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FADS1

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18028586

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 11[11]
Cytogenetic location
11q12.2[14]
Encodes
Fatty acid desaturase 1[9]
Expressed in
skin of thigh, ventral tegmental area, superior vestibular nucleus, ventricular zone, spinal ganglia, internal globus pallidus, ganglionic eminence, trigeminal ganglion, inferior ganglion of vagus nerve, subthalamic nucleus[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genetic association
metabolic disease[12]
Genomic end
61829318, 61596790[6][7]
Genomic start
61567099, 61799627[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
22753[3]
Ortholog
Fads1, Fads1[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en D5D en FADS1 en FADS6 en FADSD5 en fatty acid desaturase 1 en LLCDL1 en TU12 zh 去飽和酶

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Summary

FADS1 is a gene[1]. FADS1 is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → FADS1
    Genetic association → metabolic disease
    RefSeq RNA ID → XM_011545022, NM_013402, XM_047426935
    Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) → 2778302881
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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