GenAge entry for elo-5 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Gene information (ID: 219)
- Symbol
- elo-5
- Name
- fatty acid ELOngation
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) elongase
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- RNA interference decreased median lifespan by 45% in wild type animals and 29% in daf-2 mutants.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Median lifespan is 45% lower.
- Lifespan Effect
- Decrease
- Genetic Manipulation
- RNA interference
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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In other databases
- GenDR gene manipulations
- A homolog of this gene for Saccharomyces cerevisiae is present as SUR4
Homologs in other organisms
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- ELO1
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- ELO3
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- ELO2
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe
- SPAC1639.01c
External links
- WormBase
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- Ensembl
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (177320)
- Homologues
- Search HomoloGene
- UniProt
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- Internet
- Search Google or Search Google Scholar