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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 1 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:1097711]

Gene Synonyms

Des1, Mdes

Location

Chromosome 1: 182,103,335-182,110,389 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM000994.3

About this gene

This gene has 9 transcripts (splice variants), 213 orthologues, 2 paralogues and is associated with 29 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000035295.7Degs1-2012050323aaENSMUSP00000048519.6
 
Protein coding
CCDS15587O09005 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000559597.1Degs1-2092564327aaENSMUSP00000337960.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic
ENSMUST00000496754.1Degs1-2052113344aaENSMUSP00000275117.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic
ENSMUST00000496755.1Degs1-206130733aaENSMUSP00000275118.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic
ENSMUST00000133052.2Degs1-203779229aaENSMUSP00000119473.3
 
Protein coding
F6S3U4 TSL:2CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000496753.1Degs1-2042120104aaENSMUSP00000275116.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
--
ENSMUST00000496757.1Degs1-208194650aaENSMUSP00000275120.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
--
ENSMUST00000496756.1Degs1-207184037aaENSMUSP00000275119.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
--
ENSMUST00000132551.2Degs1-2021405No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:1