FA2H

FA2H
Identifiers
Aliases	FA2H, FAAH, FAH1, FAXDC1, SCS7, SPG35, fatty acid 2-hydroxylase
External IDs	OMIM: 611026; MGI: 2443327; HomoloGene: 56284; GeneCards: FA2H; OMA:FA2H - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 16 (human)
End	74,774,831 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	112,120,456 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	C1 segment; ; corpus callosum; ; inferior olivary nucleus; ; inferior ganglion of vagus nerve; ; dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve; ; optic nerve; ; olfactory bulb; ; subthalamic nucleus; ; sural nerve; ; substantia nigra;
	Top expressed in
	skin of external ear; ; lip; ; sciatic nerve; ; epithelium of stomach; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder; ; deep cerebellar nuclei; ; pontine nuclei; ; pyloric antrum; ; ventral tegmental area; ; zygote;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	iron ion binding; metal ion binding; heme binding; oxidoreductase activity; fatty acid alpha-hydroxylase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; organelle membrane; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane; intracellular membrane-bounded organelle; endoplasmic reticulum;
Biological process	central nervous system myelin maintenance; lipid modification; peripheral nervous system myelin maintenance; lipid metabolism; sphingolipid biosynthetic process; fatty acid metabolic process; fatty acid biosynthetic process; regulation of cell population proliferation; regulation of hair cycle; sebaceous gland cell differentiation; lipid biosynthetic process; glucosylceramide biosynthetic process; galactosylceramide biosynthetic process; plasma membrane raft organization; ceramide biosynthetic process; establishment of skin barrier;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	79152
	338521
	ENSG00000103089
	ENSMUSG00000033579
	Q7L5A8
	Q5MPP0
	NM_024306
	NM_178086
	NP_077282
	NP_835187
	Wikidata
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Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FA2H gene.