Iconoplasm - gene character cards and browser extension
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Character profile for FADS1
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- FADS1 — fatty acid desaturase 1
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #36332B → Card color name: Night Green
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: F → Hue: yellow
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.35 → Character vibrance: mid vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.428 → Character shade: dark shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-15281
- Gene family-to-character trait mapping
- Gene family: FADS → Character family trait: Iridescent oil-sheen patches on skin (shift color with viewing angle)
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: transmembrane → Character sex: male
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1994 → Character age: 26 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 52 kDa → Character mass: 52 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Fatty acid desaturase → Character aesthetic: Raggare
full name
fatty acid desaturase 1gene name
FADS1
fatty acid desaturase 1
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
Iridescent oil-sheen patches on skin (shift color with viewing angle)
qc
pending review
field notes
category
male
first noted
1994
26 y.o.
mass
52kDakg
pfam clans
Fatty acid desaturase
Raggare
alignment
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