General Information of EM (ID: EM12047)
  Official Symbol
FADS2
  Official Full Name
Fatty Acid Desaturase 2
  Synonym
Fatty Acid Desaturase 2;SLL0262;D6D;FADSD6;TU13;DES6;Acyl-CoA 6-Desaturase;Delta-6-Desaturase
  Molecule Type
Protein coding
  Position On Chromosome
chr11(Start:61792980 - End:61867354)
  Strand
+
  Uniprot Entry
O95864 
  ENSG ID
ENSG00000134824 
    Disease Relevance (Click to Show/Hide)
         2C30: Melanoma of skin Cutaneous Melanoma [Melanoma of skin]
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         8A00: Parkinsonism Parkinson's disease (PD) [Parkinsonism]
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         8A01: Choreiform disorders Huntington's disease (HD) [Choreiform disorders]
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         8A20: Alzheimer disease Alzheimer's disease [Alzheimer disease]
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         CB03: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) [Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis]
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         LD2C: Overgrowth syndromes Sotos syndrome(SS) [Overgrowth syndromes]
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         LD2FZERO(Not Found)0: Toxic or drug-related embryofetopathies Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) [Toxic or drug-related embryofetopathies]
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         SE30: Developmental delay disorder CHARGE and Kabuki syndromes [Developmental delay disorder]
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         XH4XG8: Chronic myeloid leukaemia Chronic Phase-Chronic Myeloid Leukemia [Chronic myeloid leukaemia]
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Metabolite(s) with this epigenetic modification
  Metabolite Name: Arachidonic acid
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     Description
Arachidonic acid could induce FADS2 gene hypermethylation in THP-1 cells.

References
1 Gut Microbiota as Important Mediator Between Diet and DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in the Host. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 25;12(3):597. doi: 10.3390/nu12030597.
2 Lysine benzoylation is a histone mark regulated by SIRT2. Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 28;9(1):3374. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05567-w.

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