Very long chain fatty acid elongase 3 (ELOVL3)

Homo sapiens — UniProt Q9HB03

Gene: ELOVL3Homo sapiensSwissProt reviewed

About Very long chain fatty acid elongase 3

Very long chain fatty acid elongase 3 (ELOVL3) is a protein from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession Q9HB03, 270 residues long. MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and 140 disease associations.

Target properties

Protein nameVery long chain fatty acid elongase 3
UniProt accessionQ9HB03
GeneELOVL3
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length270 residues
Molecular weight—
EC numbers—
Target classUNCLASSIFIED
Subcellular location—
Keywords—

Druggability

Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug

Druggability tierMEDIUM
Druggability score—
Pocket score—
Max clinical phase—

Disease associations (140)

Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).

  • neurodegenerative disease · score 0.24
  • smoking status measurement · score 0.19
  • alkaline phosphatase measurement · score 0.13
  • sex hormone-binding globulin measurement · score 0.13
  • breast adenocarcinoma · score 0.11
  • Griscelli syndrome type 3 · score 0.06
  • hypotrichosis simplex · score 0.06
  • Olmsted syndrome 1 · score 0.06
  • Clouston syndrome · score 0.05
  • Griscelli disease · score 0.05

3D Structure (1)

Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.

StructureSourceMethodMean pLDDTResolution (Å)
AF-Q9HB03-F1alphafoldPREDICTED90.58—

Amino-acid sequence (270 residues)

MVTAMNVSHE VNQLFQPYNF ELSKDMRPFF EEYWATSFPI ALIYLVLIAV GQNYMKERKG FNLQGPLILW SFCLAIFSIL GAVRMWGIMG TVLLTGGLKQ TVCFINFIDN STVKFWSWVF LLSKVIELGD TAFIILRKRP LIFIHWYHHS TVLVYTSFGY KNKVPAGGWF VTMNFGVHAI MYTYYTLKAA NVKPPKMLPM LITSLQILQM FVGAIVSILT YIWRQDQGCH TTMEHLFWSF ILYMTYFILF AHFFCQTYIR PKVKAKTKSQ

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Quick facts

UniProtQ9HB03
GeneELOVL3
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length270
Binders0
Diseases140
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