Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables acyl-CoA delta5-desaturase activity. Predicted to be involved in arachidonic acid metabolic process; cellular response to starvation; and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum; membrane; and mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; eye; genitourinary system; nervous system; and respiratory system. Orthologous to human FADS1 (fatty acid desaturase 1).