Recombinant Human Acyl-CoA 6-desaturase (FADS2)

Cat.No	ACP02144	Target Name	FADS2
Target Synonyms	Delta6;D6D;Delta6;Delta-6 desaturase;Fatty acid desaturase 2	Form	Liquid or Lyophilized powder
Expression System	in vitro E.coli expression system	Expression Range	1-444aa
Mol Weight	53.8 kDa	Protein Length	Full length
Purity	Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.	Storage Buffer	5%-50% glycerol. Lyophilized powder form: the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, Liquid form: default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, pH 8.0.

Cat.No

ACP02144

Target Name

FADS2

Target Synonyms

Delta6;D6D;Delta6;Delta-6 desaturase;Fatty acid desaturase 2

Form

Liquid or Lyophilized powder

Expression System

in vitro E.coli expression system

Expression Range

1-444aa

Mol Weight

53.8 kDa

Protein Length

Full length

Purity

Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.

Storage Buffer

5%-50% glycerol. Lyophilized powder form: the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, Liquid form: default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, pH 8.0.

Target Species	Human	Uniprot ID	O95864

Background Information

Uniprot Id

O95864
Target Species

Human
Target Name

FADS2
Target Full Name

Acyl-CoA 6-desaturase
Target 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. 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. 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. It can also desaturate (11E)-octadecenoate (trans-vaccenoate, the predominant trans fatty acid in human milk) at carbon 6 generating (6Z,11E)-octadecadienoate. In addition to Delta-6 activity, this enzyme exhibits Delta-8 activity with slight biases toward n-3 fatty acyl-CoA substrates
Target Subcellular Location

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
Target Protein Families

Fatty acid desaturase type 1 family
Target 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 inde
Target Research Area

Cardiovascular
Target Synonyms

D6D; Delta(6) desaturase; Delta(6) fatty acid desaturase; Delta-6 desaturase; DES 6; DES6; FADS 2; FADS2; FADS2_HUMAN; FADSD 6; FADSD6; Fatty acid desaturase 2; linoleoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-6-desaturase) like 2; LLCDL 2; LLCDL2; SLL0262; TU 13; TU13

Recombinant Human Acyl-CoA 6-desaturase (FADS2)

Specifications

Immunogen Information

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