fasn-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable fatty acid synthase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid biosynthetic process. Expressed in excretory duct; hermaphrodite gonad; hypodermis; intestine; and neurons. Used to study muscular disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal cancer. Is an ortholog of human FASN (fatty acid synthase).