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SC5D

sterol-C5-desaturase

Synonyms:
ERG3, S5DES, SC5DL
Species:
UniProtKB ID:
Gene ID:
  • Human(6309) Summary: This gene encodes an enzyme of cholesterol biosynthesis. The encoded protein catalyzes the conversion of lathosterol into 7-dehydrocholesterol. Mutations in this gene have been associated with lathosterolosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
  • Mouse(235293) sterol-C5-desaturase (fungal ERG3, delta-5-desaturase) homolog (S. cerevisae)
  • Rat(114100) sterol-C5-desaturase
  • domestic guinea pig(100723104) sterol-C5-desaturase
  • Zebrafish(447891) sterol-C5-desaturase

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esiRNA

Product Number
Description
Species
MISSION® esiRNA, targeting human SC5D,
Species
human
MISSION® esiRNA, targeting mouse Sc5d,
Species
mouse