Fatty acid synthesis of an eicosapentaenoic acid-producing bacterium: De novo synthesis, chain elongation, and desaturation systems

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Watanabe, Kazuo ^a   Yazawa, Kazunaga ^a   Kondo, Kiyosi ^a   Kawaguchi, Akihiko ^b  

^a SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

De novo fatty acid synthesis; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acid chain elongation; Fatty acid desaturation; Marine bacterium

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLEOYL COENZYME A; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; STEAROYL COENZYME A; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; COVALENT BOND; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHEWANELLA SP.; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030772093     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021775     Document Type: Article

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