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Acsl6 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Acsl6
  • Name
    acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 6
  • Synonyms
    A330035H04Rik, Facl6, Lacsl
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:894291
    NCBI Gene: 216739
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    10 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr11:54194624-54255582 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 11, 32.13 cM
  • Mapping Data
    4 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    1689 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_894291
protein coding gene Chr11:54194580-54255582 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0018314
protein coding gene Chr11:53776013-53836563 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0018283
protein coding gene Chr11:51766984-51828238 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0018252
protein coding gene Chr11:53462965-53530002 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0018254
protein coding gene Chr11:52110733-52172451 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0018065
protein coding gene Chr11:53400148-53471780 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0018706
protein coding gene Chr11:55428010-55494155 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0016356
protein coding gene Chr11:49229794-49290466 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0017630
protein coding gene Chr11:53446862-53506781 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0018040
protein coding gene Chr11:58066300-58126892 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0018149
protein coding gene Chr11:51480545-51541653 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0018141
protein coding gene Chr11:51124078-51184444 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0018224
protein coding gene Chr11:54224366-54289101 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0018167
protein coding gene Chr11:59265274-59327340 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0018748
protein coding gene Chr11:53481799-53542178 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0017403
protein coding gene Chr11:52023030-52085369 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0017198
protein coding gene Chr11:53257180-53323924 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0017678
protein coding gene Chr11:53109377-53174379 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    ACSL6, acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    ACSL6, acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6
  • Synonyms
    ACS2, FACL6, LACS2, LACS5, LACS 6
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 23305
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q9UKU0
    UniProt: Q9UKU0

  • Chr Location
    5q31.1; chr5:131949973-132012243 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    2 with human ACSL6 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    12 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 1 genetic background
    9 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Knockout mice show altered or impaired lipogenesis and amino acid and nucleotide metabolism in the brain as well as changes to coordination and startle reflex.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000020333 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 60959 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000108905 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 5807 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000104533 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 722 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 17
    Genomic 2
    cDNA 12
    Primer pair 2
    Other 1

    Microarray probesets 6
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:2144490, MGI:2444956
References
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  • Summaries
    All 47
    Developmental Gene Expression 6
    Gene Ontology 9
    Phenotypes 9
  • Earliest
    J:137335 Roderick TH, Chromosomal inversions in studies of mammalian mutagenesis. Genetics. 1979 May;92(1 Pt 1 Suppl):s121-6
  • Latest
    J:341019 Fernandez RF, et al., Lipid metabolism in dopaminergic neurons influences light entrainment. J Neurochem. 2023 May;165(3):379-390

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
10/29/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory