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Gene entry

ELOVL4

ELOVL fatty acid elongase 4

Chromosome
6
Cytoband
6q14.1
Variants (rsID)
7

ELOVL4 is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 6 (region 6q14.1). Its official name is “ELOVL fatty acid elongase 4”. The reference table lists 7 variants (rsID) for this gene.

Clinically classified variants

1 reference-table entries with clinical significance.

  • rs3812153Benignsingle nucleotide variantStargardt disease 3|Congenital ichthyosis-intellectual disability-spastic quadriplegia syndrome|Spinocerebellar ataxia type 34

Other listed variants

Public references

Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.