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Facts about Fatty acid synthase.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FASN |
| Uniprot: | P49327 |
| Entrez: | 2194 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

EC 2.3.1; EC 2.3.1.85; EC 6.3.3.1; FASN; FASshort chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 27X, member 1; Fatty Acid Synthase; MGC14367; MGC15706; OA-519; SDR27X1
Mass (kDA):
273.427 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q25.3 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (82078338..82098303, complement) |
Ubiquitous. Prominent expression in brain, lung, and liver.
Cytoplasm. Melanosome. Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV.






PMID: 7567999 by Jayakumar A., et al. Human fatty acid synthase: properties and molecular cloning.
PMID: 8022791 by Kuhajda F.P., et al. Fatty acid synthesis: a potential selective target for antineoplastic therapy.
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