ELOVL6, Official Symbol ELOVL6provided by HGNC Official Full Name ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:15829 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000170522 MIM:611546; AllianceGenome:HGNC:15829 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as FAE; LCE; FACE; hELO2 Summary Fatty acid elongases (EC 6.2.1.3), such as ELOVL6, use malonyl-CoA as a 2-carbon donor in the first and rate-limiting step of fatty acid elongation (Moon et al., 2001 [PubMed 11567032]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in liver (RPKM 11.9), stomach (RPKM 8.9) and 23 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all