ACSL5
Encyclopedia
Long-chain-fatty-acid—CoA ligase 5 is an enzyme
that in human
s is encoded by the ACSL5 gene
.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
that in human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s is encoded by the ACSL5 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
.