Description
Product Characteristics:
Terminal component of the liver microsomal stearyl-CoA desaturase system, that utilizes O(2) and electrons from reduced cytochrome b5 to catalyze the insertion of a double bond into a spectrum of fatty acyl-CoA substrates including palmitoyl-CoA and stearoyl-CoA.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: SCD1, FADS5, SCDOS, MSTP008, Acyl-CoA desaturase, Delta(9)-desaturase, Delta-9 desaturase, Fatty acid desaturase, Stearoyl-CoA desaturase, SCD
Target Information: This gene encodes an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis, primarily the synthesis of oleic acid. Transcripts of approximately 3.9 and 5.2 kb, differing only by alternative polyadenlyation signals, have been detected. A gene encoding a similar enzyme is located on chromosome 4 and a pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 17. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]