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Gene

FADS2

fatty acid desaturase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 61,828,300–61,867,354 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 39.1 kb
Protein
444 amino acids
Also known as
FADSD6, D6D, TU13, DES6, SLL0262
Previous symbols
LLCDL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000278840.9NM_004265.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FADS2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FADS2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where FADS2 sits. FADS2 and 26 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 61,347,827 to 62,347,826.Chromosome 1111q12.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2561.4 Mb61.6 Mb61.8 Mb62 Mb62.2 MbTKFC: 61,333,205–61,354,339, forward strandTKFCCYB561A3: 61,348,453–61,362,343, reverse strandCYB561A3TMEM138: 61,361,964–61,377,890, forward strandTMEM138TMEM216: 61,392,393–61,400,408, forward strandTMEM216CPSF7: 61,402,641–61,430,105, reverse strandCPSF7: 61,429,220–61,485,822, forward strandSDHAF2: 61,430,032–61,473,614, forward strandSDHAF2SAXO4: 61,481,120–61,490,931, forward strandSAXO4LRRC10B: 61,508,749–61,511,018, forward strandLRRC10BSYT7: 61,513,714–61,581,201, reverse strandSYT7DAGLA: 61,680,151–61,747,003, forward strandDAGLAMYRF: 61,752,593–61,788,518, forward strandMYRFTMEM258: 61,768,455–61,792,802, reverse strandTMEM258FEN1: 61,792,725–61,797,238, forward strandFEN1FADS1: 61,799,624–61,829,318, reverse strandFADS1FADS2: 61,828,300–61,867,354, forward strandFADS2FADS3: 61,873,515–61,892,136, reverse strandFADS3RAB3IL1: 61,897,232–61,920,289, reverse strandRAB3IL1BEST1: 61,949,808–61,965,515, forward strandBEST1FTH1: 61,959,718–61,967,640, reverse strandFTH1INCENP: 62,123,985–62,155,474, forward strandINCENPSCGB1D1: 62,190,216–62,193,539, forward strandSCGB1D1SCGB2A1: 62,208,666–62,213,943, forward strandSCGB2A1SCGB1D2: 62,242,210–62,244,812, forward strandSCGB1D2SCGB2A2: 62,270,158–62,273,160, forward strandSCGB2A2SCGB1D4: 62,296,281–62,299,075, reverse strandSCGB1D4ASRGL1: 62,337,347–62,393,415, forward strandASRGL1Diagram of FADS2: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 61,828,300–61,828,597, 298 basesExon 2: 61,837,778–61,837,888, 111 basesExon 3: 61,840,334–61,840,531, 198 basesExon 4: 61,840,624–61,840,725, 102 basesExon 5: 61,848,159–61,848,284, 126 basesExon 6: 61,857,011–61,857,071, 61 basesExon 7: 61,857,454–61,857,530, 77 basesExon 8: 61,862,972–61,863,069, 98 basesExon 9: 61,863,282–61,863,378, 97 basesExon 10: 61,863,707–61,863,786, 80 basesExon 11: 61,865,152–61,865,277, 126 basesExon 12: 61,865,638–61,867,354, 1,717 bases1510125′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 3.1 kb of the gene's 39.1 kb; 1,335 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). FADS2 gene: fatty acid desaturase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fads2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FADS2 gene: fatty acid desaturase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fads2

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