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 name | Very long chain fatty acid elongase 3 |
| UniProt accession | Q9HB03 |
| Gene | ELOVL3 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 270 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| 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.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-Q9HB03-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 90.58 | — |
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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