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ELOVL7

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Summary

ELOVL7 encodes a fatty acid elongase that catalyzes the rate-limiting step of very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) synthesis

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🧬 Gene Info

Gene Symbol	ELOVL7
Full Name	Elongation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids 7
Aliases	VLCFA
Chromosome	5p12
Protein Type	Enzyme
Function	encodes a member of the ELOVL family of enzymes responsible for the first and rate-limiting step of very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) elongation.
Molecular Weight	33.6 kDa
Amino Acids	299 aa
UniProt ID	[Q9H5Q3](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H5Q3)
Ensembl ID	ENSG00000164181
GeneCards	ELOVL7
Human Protein Atlas	ELOVL7
Liver	Primary site of fatty acid metabolism
Brain	Neurons and glia
Kidney	Steroid hormone synthesis
Associated Diseases	Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
KG Connections	2 knowledge graph edges
Databases	GeneCards NCBI Gene HPA STRING

Wiki Pages (2)

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Canonical Page

ELOVL7 — Elongation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids 7

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ELOVL7 Protein

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    ELOVL7["ELOVL7"]
    neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
    ELOVL7 -->|"implicated_in"| neurodegeneration
    style ELOVL7 fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:2px,color:#e0e0e0

Outgoing (1)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
ds-83b31ef18d49	provides_data_for	dataset	1.00

Incoming (1)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
ds-83b31ef18d49	data_in	dataset	1.00

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