The elo-6 gene encodes a paralog of elo-1 and elo-2, each of which encodes a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) elongase; ELO-6 may be required for a normally high growth rate.
Predicted to enable fatty acid elongase activity. Involved in methyl-branched fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in membrane. Expressed in amphid neurons; intestine; nerve ring; and vulva.
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.