Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q7L5A8 (FA2H_HUMAN)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase
    EC=1.-.-.-
Alternative name(s):
    Fatty acid alpha-hydroxylase

Gene names

Name:	FA2H
Synonyms:	FAAH

Organism

Homo sapiens (Human) [Complete proteome]

Taxonomic identifier

9606 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo

Protein attributes

Sequence length	372 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Required for alpha-hydroxylation of free fatty acids and the formation of alpha-hydroxylated sphingolipids. Ref.6 Ref.7
Cofactor	Iron By similarity.
Subcellular location	Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Microsome membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Ref.6
Tissue specificity	Detected in differentiating cultured keratinocytes (at protein level). Detected in epidermis and cultured keratinocytes. Highly expressed in brain and colon. Detected at lower levels in testis, prostate, pancreas and kidney. Ref.6 Ref.7
Induction	Up-regulated during keratinocyte differentiation. Ref.7
Domain	The histidine box domains may contain the active site and/or be involved in metal ion binding.
Involvement in disease	Defects in FA2H are the cause of leukodystrophy dysmyelinating with spastic paraparesis with or without dystonia (DLDSP) [MIM:612443]. The disorder consists of a progressive neurologic disease manifested by spasticity, disordered tonicity of muscle, and white matter degeneration.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the SCS7 family. Contains 1 cytochrome b5 heme-binding domain.
Sequence caution	The sequence AAC23496.1 differs from that shown. Reason: Erroneous gene model prediction.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Electron transport Fatty acid biosynthesis Lipid synthesis Transport
Cellular component	Endoplasmic reticulum Membrane Microsome
Coding sequence diversity	Polymorphism
Disease	Disease mutation Leukodystrophy Neurodegeneration
Domain	Transmembrane
Ligand	Heme Iron Metal-binding
Molecular function	Oxidoreductase
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	electron transport chain Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW fatty acid biosynthetic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW sphingolipid metabolic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: InterPro transport Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Cellular component	endoplasmic reticulum membrane Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-SubCell integral to membrane Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW microsome Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-SubCell
Molecular function	heme binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: InterPro oxidoreductase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 372	372	Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase		PRO_0000312349
Regions
	Transmembrane	168 – 188	21	Potential
	Transmembrane	213 – 233	21	Potential
	Transmembrane	268 – 288	21	Potential
	Transmembrane	290 – 310	21	Potential
	Domain	8 – 86	79	Cytochrome b5 heme-binding
Sites
	Metal binding	43	1	Iron (heme axial ligand) By similarity
	Metal binding	69	1	Iron (heme axial ligand) By similarity
Natural variations
	Natural variant	35	1	D → Y in DLDSP.		VAR_054893
	Natural variant	97	1	P → A: dbSNP rs35874850.		VAR_037503
Experimental info
	Sequence conflict	184	1	S → G in BAB71632. Ref.1
	Sequence conflict	356	1	D → G in BAB71632. Ref.1

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q7L5A8-1 [UniParc]. Last modified November 23, 2004. Version 1. Checksum: 3F56B4C689B317BE	FASTA	372	42,791
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MAPAPPPAAS FSPSEVQRRL AAGACWVRRG ARLYDLSSFV RHHPGGEQLL RARAGQDISA 70 80 90 100 110 120 DLDGPPHRHS ANARRWLEQY YVGELRGEQQ GSMENEPVAL EETQKTDPAM EPRFKVVDWD 130 140 150 160 170 180 KDLVDWRKPL LWQVGHLGEK YDEWVHQPVT RPIRLFHSDL IEGLSKTVWY SVPIIWVPLV 190 200 210 220 230 240 LYLSWSYYRT FAQGNVRLFT SFTTEYTVAV PKSMFPGLFM LGTFLWSLIE YLIHRFLFHM 250 260 270 280 290 300 KPPSDSYYLI MLHFVMHGQH HKAPFDGSRL VFPPVPASLV IGVFYLCMQL ILPEAVGGTV 310 320 330 340 350 360 FAGGLLGYVL YDMTHYYLHF GSPHKGSYLY SLKAHHVKHH FAHQKSGFGI STKLWDYCFH 370 TLTPEKPHLK TQ

References

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[1]	"Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs." Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S. , Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., Isogai T., Sugano S. Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004) [PubMed: 14702039] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Gastric mucosa.
[2]	"Genome duplications and other features in 12 Mb of DNA sequence from human chromosome 16p and 16q." Loftus B.J., Kim U.-J., Sneddon V.P., Kalush F., Brandon R., Fuhrmann J., Mason T., Crosby M.L., Barnstead M., Cronin L., Mays A.D., Cao Y., Xu R.X., Kang H.-L., Mitchell S., Eichler E.E., Harris P.C., Venter J.C., Adams M.D. Genomics 60:295-308(1999) [PubMed: 10493829] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[3]	Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G.G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., Mobarry C.M., Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., Flanigan M.J., Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., Hannenhalli S., Turner R. , Yooseph S., Lu F., Nusskern D.R., Shue B.C., Zheng X.H., Zhong F., Delcher A.L., Huson D.H., Kravitz S.A., Mouchard L., Reinert K., Remington K.A., Clark A.G., Waterman M.S., Eichler E.E., Adams M.D., Hunkapiller M.W., Myers E.W., Venter J.C. Submitted (DEC-2006) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[4]	"The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)." The MGC Project Team Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed: 15489334] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Colon and Pancreas.
[5]	"Cloning of human fatty acid hydroxylase." Van Veldhoven P.P. Submitted (MAY-2000) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] OF 93-372.
[6]	"The human FA2H gene encodes a fatty acid 2-hydroxylase." Alderson N.L., Rembiesa B.M., Walla M.D., Bielawska A., Bielawski J., Hama H. J. Biol. Chem. 279:48562-48568(2004) [PubMed: 15337768] [Abstract] Cited for: FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TISSUE SPECIFICITY.
[7]	"Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase, encoded by FA2H, accounts for differentiation-associated increase in 2-OH ceramides during keratinocyte differentiation." Uchida Y., Hama H., Alderson N.L., Douangpanya S., Wang Y., Crumrine D.A., Elias P.M., Holleran W.M. J. Biol. Chem. 282:13211-13219(2007) [PubMed: 17355976] [Abstract] Cited for: FUNCTION, INDUCTION, TISSUE SPECIFICITY.
[8]	"Mutations in the fatty acid 2-hydroxylase gene are associated with leukodystrophy with spastic paraparesis and dystonia." Edvardson S., Hama H., Shaag A., Gomori J.M., Berger I., Soffer D., Korman S.H., Taustein I., Saada A., Elpeleg O. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 83:643-648(2008) [PubMed: 19068277] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT DLDSP TYR-35.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	AK058016 mRNA. Translation: BAB71632.1. AC004685 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAC23496.1. Sequence problems. CH471114 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAW95678.1. BC002679 mRNA. Translation: AAH02679.2. BC004263 mRNA. Translation: AAH04263.2. BC017049 mRNA. Translation: AAH17049.2. AJ278219 mRNA. Translation: CAC20436.1.
IPI	IPI00304492.
RefSeq	NP_077282.3.
UniGene	Hs.461329
3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
Proteomic databases
PRIDE	Q7L5A8.
Genome annotation databases
Ensembl	ENSG00000103089. Homo sapiens. [Contig view]
GeneID	79152.
KEGG	hsa:79152.
NMPDR	fig|9606.3.peg.12570.
UCSC	uc002fde.1. human.
Organism-specific databases
GeneCards	GC16M073304.
HGNC	HGNC:21197. FA2H.
MIM	611026. gene. 612443. phenotype.
PharmGKB	PA134908954.
GenAtlas	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	Q7L5A8.
HOVERGEN	Q7L5A8.
OMA	Q7L5A8. NKPLLMQ.
Gene expression databases
ArrayExpress	Q7L5A8.
Bgee	Q7L5A8.
CleanEx	HS_FA2H.
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR001199. Cyt_B5. IPR018506. Cyt_B5_heme-BS. IPR006694. Fatty_acid_hydroxylase. IPR014430. Ino-phos-ceramide-B_Hydrxlase. [Graphical view]
Gene3D	G3DSA:3.10.120.10. Cyt_B5. 1 hit.
Pfam	PF00173. Cyt-b5. 1 hit. PF04116. FA_hydroxylase. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PIRSF	PIRSF005149. IPC-B_HD. 1 hit.
PRINTS	PR00363. CYTOCHROMEB5.
ProDom	PD000612. Cyt_B5. 1 hit. [Graphical view] [Entries sharing at least one domain]
PROSITE	PS00191. CYTOCHROME_B5_1. 1 hit. PS50255. CYTOCHROME_B5_2. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...
Other Resources
NextBio	68068.
SOURCE	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

FA2H_HUMAN

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q7L5A8
Secondary accession number(s): O75213, Q96DK1, Q9H1A5

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	December 4, 2007
Last sequence update:	November 23, 2004
Last modified:	July 7, 2009
This is version 57 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HPI (Human Proteome Initiative)