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MeSH Heading: Fatty Acid Elongases
Tree Number(s): D08.811.913.050.134.343
Unique ID: D000081031
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000081031
Scope Note: Enzymes conserved from yeast to mammals which mediate elongation of FATTY ACIDS into very-long-chain fatty acids.
Entry Term(s): ELOVL Proteins; Fatty Acid Elongase; Fatty Acid Elongation Enzyme
Public MeSH Note: 2020; FATTY ACID ELONGASES was indexed under ACETYLTRANFERASES 2000-2019
History Note: 2020 (2000)
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0073569
Scope Note: Enzymes conserved from yeast to mammals which mediate elongation of FATTY ACIDS into very-long-chain fatty acids.
Terms: Fatty Acid Elongases Preferred Term
Term UI T000957419
Date05/09/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Fatty Acid Elongase
Term UI T001010608
Date03/19/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); ELOVL Proteins
Term UI T000960109
Date06/10/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Fatty Acid Elongation Enzyme
Term UI T000960107
Date06/10/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

Fatty Acid Elongases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025