Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 6

Basic Information


Uniprot ID: Q9H5J4
Secondary ID: Q4W5L0, Q8NCD1
Symbol: ELOVL6
Other Name: FACE,3-keto acyl-CoA synthase ELOVL6,ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6,ELOVL FA elongase 6,Fatty acid elongase 2,hELO2,Fatty acyl-CoA elongase,Long-chain fatty-acyl elongase,Very long chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 6,Very long chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA synthase 6
Class: Single Protein
Type: pro-fibrotic
Molecular Function: Transferase


Target Classification


Category I Category II Category III
Intracellular Enzyme Transferase

Related Compound



Fibrosis Related Property


Reference Record 1

PubMed ID 22753171 Compound ID
CAS Name
Model vitro,human,mice Fibrosis Disease Liver fibrosis
Process I attenue inflammation
Process II
Process III prevenet collagen deposition
Mechanism