| ID | Sequence | Length | GC content |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUCUUCCCAUCGCGCGGGUCCUAGCCACCGGUGUCUCCUUCUACAUCCG… | 2846 nt | 0.4041 | |
| CUCUUCCCAUCGCGCGGGUCCUAGCCACCGGUGUCUCCUUCUACAUCCG… | 2640 nt | 0.3955 | |
| CUCUUCCCAUCGCGCGGGUCCUAGCCACCGGUGUCUCCUUCUACAUCCG… | 604 nt | 0.5149 | |
| CUCUUCCCAUCGCGCGGGUCCUAGCCACCGGUGUCUCCUUCUACAUCCG… | 3232 nt | 0.4496 | |
| CUCUUCCCAUCGCGCGGGUCCUAGCCACCGGUGUCUCCUUCUACAUCCG… | 2765 nt | 0.3993 |
This gene belongs to the ELO family. It is highly expressed in the adrenal gland and testis, and encodes a multi-pass membrane protein that is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum. This protein is involved in the elongation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Mutations in this gene have been associated with spinocerebellar ataxia-38 (SCA38). Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]
A study in humans demonstrated that the ELOVL5 gene, involved in fatty acid elongation, was downregulated with greater body mass index in female monozygotic twin pairs but not in males, highlighting a sex-specific transcriptional response to obesity in subcutaneous adipose tissue [Haltia et al. DOI:10.1002/oby.70078]. Another human study of a monozygotic twin pair during a one-year spaceflight mission reported a decrease in the ELOVL5 transcript in the polyA+ RNA fraction of white blood cells during the flight period [Schmidt et al. DOI:10.1159/000506769]. A study in humans demonstrated that the ELOVL5 locus (cg21572722) exhibited increased DNA methylation with age, showing a statistically significant but low correlation (r=0.234) in a Turkish population cohort, and was incorporated into a validated 6-CpG age estimation model for blood samples that achieved a mean absolute error of 4.07 years [Gonul Filoglu et al. DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.15478].