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Designing an IHC experiment for Acyl-CoA (8-3)-desaturase? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the FADS1 IHC GuideFacts about Acyl-CoA (8-3)-desaturase.
Catalyzes the desaturation of dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid (DHGLA) (20:3n-6) and eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4n-3) to generate arachidonic acid (AA) (20:4n-6) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)(20:5n-3), respectively. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FADS1 |
| Uniprot: | O60427 |
| Entrez: | 3992 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| fatty acid desaturase type 1 family |

D5DFLJ90273; Delta(5) desaturase; Delta(5) fatty acid desaturase; Delta-5 desaturase; delta-5 fatty acid desaturase; EC 1.14.19; EC 1.14.19.-; FADS6; FADSD5LLCDL1; fatty acid desaturase 1; FLJ38956; linoleoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-6-desaturase)-like 1; TU12
Mass (kDA):
51.964 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q12.2 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (61799627..61817003, complement) |
Widely expressed, with highest levels in liver, brain, adrenal gland and heart. Highly expressed in fetal liver and brain.
[Isoform 1]: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Mitochondrion.; [Isoform 2]: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 10601301 by Cho H.P., et al. Cloning, expression, and fatty acid regulation of the human Delta-5 desaturase.
PMID: 10769175 by Leonard A.E., et al. cDNA cloning and characterization of human Delta5-desaturase involved in the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid.