elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 2 (ELOVL2, SSC2)

Function

• role in tissue-specific synthesis of very long chain fatty acids & sphingolipids
• may catalyze conversion of beta-ketoacyl CoA to beta-hydroxyacyl CoA or reduction of trans-2-enoyl CoA to saturated acyl CoA derivative

Structure

• belongs to the ELO family
• di-lysine motif confers endoplasmic reticulum localization

Compartment

endoplasmic reticulum membrane

More general terms

• elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein
• transmembrane 5 protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NXB9.html