Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Enables palmitoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity and stearoyl-CoA 9-desaturase activity. Involved in cellular response to nutrient. Acts upstream of or within monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process. Located in membrane. Orthologous to human SCD (stearoyl-CoA desaturase).
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