FASN

Fatty acid synthase
PDB rendering based on 1xkt.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: Template:Homologene2PDBe PDBe, Template:Homologene2uniprot RCSB List of PDB id codes 1xkt​, 2cg5​, 2jfd​, 2jfk​
Identifiers
Symbols	FASN ; FAS; MGC14367; MGC15706; OA-519
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 55800
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Fatty acid synthase, also known as FASN, is a human gene.

The enzyme encoded by this gene is a multifunctional protein. Its main function is to catalyze the synthesis of palmitate from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA, in the presence of NADPH, into long-chain saturated fatty acids. In some cancer cell lines, this protein has been found to be fused with estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha), in which the N-terminus of FAS is fused in-frame with the C-terminus of ER-alpha.

See also

• Fatty acid synthase

Further reading

• Wakil SJ (1989). "Fatty acid synthase, a proficient multifunctional enzyme". Biochemistry. 28 (11): 4523–30. PMID 2669958.
• Baron A, Migita T, Tang D, Loda M (2004). "Fatty acid synthase: a metabolic oncogene in prostate cancer?". J. Cell. Biochem. 91 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1002/jcb.10708. PMID 14689581.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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• Jayakumar A, Tai MH, Huang WY; et al. (1995). "Human fatty acid synthase: properties and molecular cloning". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (19): 8695–9. PMID 7567999.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Semenkovich CF, Coleman T, Fiedorek FT (1995). "Human fatty acid synthase mRNA: tissue distribution, genetic mapping, and kinetics of decay after glucose deprivation". J. Lipid Res. 36 (7): 1507–21. PMID 7595075.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jayakumar A, Chirala SS, Chinault AC; et al. (1995). "Isolation and chromosomal mapping of genomic clones encoding the human fatty acid synthase gene". Genomics. 23 (2): 420–4. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1518. PMID 7835891.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kuhajda FP, Jenner K, Wood FD; et al. (1994). "Fatty acid synthesis: a potential selective target for antineoplastic therapy". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (14): 6379–83. PMID 8022791.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hsu MH, Chirala SS, Wakil SJ (1996). "Human fatty-acid synthase gene. Evidence for the presence of two promoters and their functional interaction". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (23): 13584–92. PMID 8662758.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Pizer ES, Kurman RJ, Pasternack GR, Kuhajda FP (1997). "Expression of fatty acid synthase is closely linked to proliferation and stromal decidualization in cycling endometrium". Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 16 (1): 45–51. PMID 8986532.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jayakumar A, Chirala SS, Wakil SJ (1997). "Human fatty acid synthase: assembling recombinant halves of the fatty acid synthase subunit protein reconstitutes enzyme activity". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (23): 12326–30. PMID 9356448.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kusakabe T, Maeda M, Hoshi N; et al. (2000). "Fatty acid synthase is expressed mainly in adult hormone-sensitive cells or cells with high lipid metabolism and in proliferating fetal cells". J. Histochem. Cytochem. 48 (5): 613–22. PMID 10769045.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ye Q, Chung LW, Li S, Zhau HE (2000). "Identification of a novel FAS/ER-alpha fusion transcript expressed in human cancer cells". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1493 (3): 373–7. PMID 11018265.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Rochat-Steiner V, Becker K, Micheau O; et al. (2000). "FIST/HIPK3: a Fas/FADD-interacting serine/threonine kinase that induces FADD phosphorylation and inhibits fas-mediated Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase activation". J. Exp. Med. 192 (8): 1165–74. PMID 11034606.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Chirala SS, Jayakumar A, Gu ZW, Wakil SJ (2001). "Human fatty acid synthase: role of interdomain in the formation of catalytically active synthase dimer". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (6): 3104–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.051635998. PMID 11248039.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Brink J, Ludtke SJ, Yang CY; et al. (2002). "Quaternary structure of human fatty acid synthase by electron cryomicroscopy". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (1): 138–43. doi:10.1073/pnas.012589499. PMID 11756679.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Joseph SB, Laffitte BA, Patel PH; et al. (2002). "Direct and indirect mechanisms for regulation of fatty acid synthase gene expression by liver X receptors". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (13): 11019–25. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111041200. PMID 11790787.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ming D, Kong Y, Wakil SJ; et al. (2002). "Domain movements in human fatty acid synthase by quantized elastic deformational model". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (12): 7895–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.112222299. PMID 12060737.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Field FJ, Born E, Murthy S, Mathur SN (2003). "Polyunsaturated fatty acids decrease the expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 in CaCo-2 cells: effect on fatty acid synthesis and triacylglycerol transport". Biochem. J. 368 (Pt 3): 855–64. doi:10.1042/BJ20020731. PMID 12213084.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)