Gene: AT3G12120

General Information

Structural Information

  • Species Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Gene Identifier AT3G12120
  • Transcript Identifier AT3G12120.1
  • Gene Type Coding gene
  • Location Chr3 : 3860592-3861743 : negative

Gene Family Information

  • ID HOM05D000674
  • #Genes/#Species 850/100
  • Phylogenetic origin

Gene Duplication Information

Labels

Identifiers

  • tid AT3G12120.1
  • symbol FAD2
  • Alias AtFAD2
  • uniprot P46313

Descriptions

  • Description fatty acid desaturase 2
  • Computational description fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2); FUNCTIONS IN: omega-6 fatty acid desaturase activity, delta12-fatty acid dehydrogenase activity; INVOLVED IN: oxidation reduction, lipid metabolic process; LOCATED IN: endoplasmic reticulum; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein of unknown function DUF3474 (InterPro:IPR021863), Fatty acid desaturase, type 1 (InterPro:IPR005804); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: fatty acid desaturase 3 (TAIR:AT2G29980.1); Has 2431 Blast hits to 2431 proteins in 654 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 821; Metazoa - 31; Fungi - 266; Plants - 965; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 348 (source: NCBI BLink).
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Functional Annotation

Biological Process

GO termEvidence(s)Provider(s)DescriptionSource(s)
GO:0006629
IEA
GOA Databaselipid metabolic process
GO:0006629
IEA
InterProlipid metabolic process
GO:0006633
IEA
GOA Databasefatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0006631
IEA
GOA Databasefatty acid metabolic process
GO:0006636
IEA
Gene Ontologyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process

Molecular Function

GO termEvidence(s)Provider(s)DescriptionSource(s)
GO:0102987
IEA
GOA Databasepalmitoleic acid delta 12 desaturase activity
GO:0016717
IEA
GOA Databaseoxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water
GO:0016717
IEA
InterProoxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water
GO:0016491
IEA
GOA Databaseoxidoreductase activity
GO:0045485
IDA
Gene Ontologyomega-6 fatty acid desaturase activity1
GO:0016720
IGI
Gene Ontologydelta12-fatty acid dehydrogenase activity2
GO:0102985
IEA
Gene Ontologydelta12-fatty-acid desaturase activity
GO:0102871
IEA
Gene Ontology1-16:0-2-18:1-phosphatidylcholine desaturase activity
GO:0102861
IEA
Gene Ontology1-18:2-2-18:1-phosphatidylcholine desaturase activity (SN2-18:2 forming)
GO:0102860
IEA
Gene Ontology1-18:1-2-18:2-phosphatidylcholine synthase activity
GO:0102857
IEA
Gene Ontology1-18:1-2-18:3-phosphatidylcholinedesaturase activity
GO:0102855
IEA
Gene Ontology1-18:1-2-18:2-phosphatidylcholine desaturase activity
GO:0050184
IEA
Gene Ontologyphosphatidylcholine desaturase activity

Cellular Component

GO termEvidence(s)Provider(s)DescriptionSource(s)
GO:0005783
IEA
GOA Databaseendoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005783
NAS
Gene Ontologyendoplasmic reticulum
GO:0016020
IEA
GOA Databasemembrane
GO:0016021
IEA
GOA Databaseintegral component of membrane
GO:0043231
IEA
GOA Databaseintracellular membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0005789
IEA
GOA Databaseendoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0005634
ISM
Gene Ontologynucleus

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Computational Reviewed Evidence
Electronic Evidence
GO Sources: Primary Orthology Homology
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InterPro Description
IPR005804 Fatty acid desaturase domain
IPR021863 Fatty acid desaturase, N-terminal
Mapman id Description
5.1.7.3 Lipid metabolism.fatty acid biosynthesis.fatty acid desaturation.delta-12/delta-15 fatty acid desaturase (FAD2/3/6-8)