Elovl5 ELOVL fatty acid elongase 5 [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Elovl5provided by RGD
Official Full Name: ELOVL fatty acid elongase 5provided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:620583
See related: EnsemblRapid:ENSRNOG00000006331 AllianceGenome:RGD:620583
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: rELO1
Summary: Enables fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid and very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in dendritic tree; endoplasmic reticulum; and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 38. Orthologous to human ELOVL5 (ELOVL fatty acid elongase 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]
Expression: Biased expression in Liver (RPKM 1343.4), Adrenal (RPKM 525.7) and 9 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 8q31

Exon count:: 9

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	8	NC_086026.1 (87671164..87737618)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	8	NC_051343.1 (78790846..78857307)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	8	NC_005107.4 (85220941..85287449)

Chromosome 8 - NC_086026.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Results show that genes with the highest expression in the mammary gland, liver and adipose tissue were Elovl5, Fads2, and Fasn, respectively, in a low-lipid diet than in adequate-lipid diet.
Title: Role of maternal tissue in the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in response to a lipid-deficient diet during pregnancy and lactation in rats.
Critical residues in Elovl2 and Elovl5 define their substrate specificities and their ability to elongate docosapentaenoic acid.
Title: Molecular basis for differential elongation of omega-3 docosapentaenoic acid by the rat Elovl5 and Elovl2.
These findings demonstrate that coordinated induction of fatty acid elongases Elovl5 and 6 and desaturase activity is required for balanced synthesis of specific n-7 versus n-9 MUFA species.
Title: Role of fatty acid elongases in determination of de novo synthesized monounsaturated fatty acid species.

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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables fatty acid elongase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables fatty acid elongase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables fatty acid elongase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables fatty acid elongase activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in alpha-linolenic acid metabolic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in fatty acid biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in fatty acid biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in fatty acid derivative biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in linoleic acid metabolic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in sphingolipid biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in dendrite	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in dendritic tree	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in dendritic tree	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
located_in endoplasmic reticulum	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in endoplasmic reticulum	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
is_active_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in neuronal cell body	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in neuronal cell body	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in neuronal cell body	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: very long chain fatty acid elongase 5

Names: 3-keto acyl-CoA synthase Elovl5; ELOVL FA elongase 5; ELOVL family member 5, elongation of long chain fatty acids; elongation of long chain fatty acids family member 5; elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 5; elongation of very long chain fatty acids-like 5; fatty acid elongase 1; very long chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 5; very long chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA synthase 5

NP_599209.1

EC 2.3.1.199

XP_063120907.1

EC 2.3.1.199

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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