Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1
BE0002194ProteinHumansFAAH
Catalyzes the hydrolysis of endogenous amidated lipids like the sleep-inducing lipid oleamide ((9Z)-octadecenamide), the endocannabinoid anandamide (N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-ethanolamine), as well as other fatty amides, to their corresponding fatty acids, thereby regulating the signaling functions of these... It is acted on by 14 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- FAAH
- UniProtKB entry
- O00519Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Endomembrane system
- Residues / weight
- 579 residues · 63,065 Da
- Also known as
- 3.5.1.99 · Anandamide amidohydrolase 1 · FAAH1 · Fatty acid ester hydrolase · Oleamide hydrolase 1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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