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fatty acid elongase activity

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009922
Name
fatty acid elongase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
ELOVL, elongation of very long chain fatty acids activity, very-long-chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase, very-long-chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA synthase, very-long-chain beta-ketoacyl-CoA synthase, condensing enzyme
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: fatty acid (C-16 or longer) + 2-C = fatty acid (C-16 or longer with an additional 2-C unit). This reaction is the condensation step of the endoplasmic reticulum fatty acid elongation cycle. Source: GOC:tb, PMID:16564093, PMID:19763486
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009922 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fatty acid elongase activity (GO:0009922)
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fatty acid elongase activity [is_a relation] is_a  acyltransferase activity, transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups (GO:0016747)

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