Production of 8,11,14,17-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4ω-3) by a Δ5 and Δ12 desaturase-defective mutant of an arachidonic acid-producing fungus mortierella alpima 1S-4

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1495-1500

  Kawashima, Hiroshi ^a   Sakuradani, Eiji ^b   Kamada, Nozomu ^b   Akimoto, Kengo ^a   Konishi, Kyoko ^a   Ogawa, Jun ^b   Shimizu, Sakayu ^b  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4 3); Monierella alpina; Mutant; 12 desaturase; 5 desaturase

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FERMENTERS; FUNGI; LIPIDS; OILS AND FATS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

DESATURASE; EICOSATETRAENOIC ACID;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 0032203836     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-998-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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