Gene: ELOVL6

Alternate names for this Gene: FACE|FAE|LCE

Gene 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].

Gene is located in Chromosome: 4

Location in Chromosome : 4q25

Description of this Gene: ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs36067435 in ELOVL6 gene and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia PMID 30988330 2019 Heritability and genome-wide association study of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in the eMERGE network.