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Facts about Acyl-CoA desaturase.
Gives rise to a mix of 16:1 and 18:1 unsaturated fatty acids (PubMed:15610069). Plays an essential role in lipid biosynthesis.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SCD |
| Uniprot: | O00767 |
| Entrez: | 6319 |

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

FADS5; MSTP008; SCD1; SCD-1; SCDOS; Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
Mass (kDA):
41.523 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q24.31 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (100347233..100364826) |
Detected in fetal liver, lung and brain. Highly expressed in adult adipose tissue, and at lower levels in adult brain and lung.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 10229681 by Zhang L., et al. Human stearoyl-CoA desaturase: alternative transcripts generated from a single gene by usage of tandem polyadenylation sites.
PMID: 11415448 by Zhang L., et al. Isolation and characterization of the human stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene promoter: requirement of a conserved CCAAT cis-element.