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    Elongase

    Enzyme that lengthens the carbon chain of a fatty acid by adding 2 carbon atoms. It acts in alternation with the desaturases in the conversion of omega-3 and omega-6. The main elongases involved are ELOVL2 and ELOVL5.

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