ELO3 [YLR372W]
Affecting plasma membrane ATPase activity protein 1; Elongase; involved in fatty acid and sphingolipid biosynthesis; synthesizes very long chain 20-26-carbon fatty acids from C18-CoA primers; involved in regulation of sphingolipid biosynthesis; lethality of the elo2 elo3 double null mutation is functionally complemented by human ELOVL1 and weakly complemented by human ELOVL3 or ELOV7; Belongs to the ELO family.
Synonyms: ELO3, ELO3p, SUR4, P40319, SUR4p ...