| Modification Notes |
Elongation of very long chain fatty acid-like (ELOVL) proteins 1-6 are members of the ELO family of proteins, which play an important role in tissue-specific biosynthesis of very long chain fatty acids and sphingolipids. The ELOVL proteins act as elongases and catalyze fatty acid elongation reduction and localize to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 2 (ELOVL2), also referred to as Ssc2 (sequence similarity to Cig30 2), is the human homolog of the yeast ELO2 protein. It is abundantly expressed in the testis, kidney and liver. ELOVL2 participates in the elongation of polyunsaturated fatty acids of 20 and 22 carbons thereby regulating the activity of PPARå. It has a narrow substrate preference which includes arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid. In addition, the overexpression of ELOVL2 enhances the synthesis of triacyglycerol (TAG). |