gene: fat-4 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity. Involved in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in membrane. Expressed in nerve ring and touch receptor neurons. Used to study alcohol use disorder. Is an ortholog of human FADS1 (fatty acid desaturase 1).