Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables palmitoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity and stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity. Involved in cellular response to nutrient and monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within fatty acid biosynthetic process. Located in membrane. Orthologous to human SCD (stearoyl-CoA desaturase).
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