Term Information

Accession
GO:0009923
Name
fatty acid elongase complex
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A tetrameric complex of four different subunits which catalyzes the elongation of a fatty acid chain 2 carbon units at a time in the synthesis of very long chain fatty acids. Source: GOC:tb
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0009923 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of fatty acid elongase complex (GO:0009923)
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fatty acid elongase complex [is_a relation] is_a  membrane protein complex (GO:0098796)
fatty acid elongase complex [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)
fatty acid elongase complex [is_a relation] is_a  endoplasmic reticulum protein-containing complex (GO:0140534)
fatty acid elongase complex [is_a relation] is_a  transferase complex (GO:1990234)

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